Regl. 3497, art. 2(j)
of PL 98-616 provides:
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-0) There is authorized to be appropriated for purposes of section
221(b) of this Act $500,000 for each of the fiscal years 1985 through
1987.
of such generators, the quantity and characteristics of hazardous
waste generated by such generators, State requirements applicable
to such generators, the individual and industry waste management
practices of such generators, the potential costs of modifying those
practices and the impact of such modifications on national treatment and disposal facility capacity, and the threat to human health
and the environment and the employees of transporters or others
involved in solid waste management posed by such hazardous wastes
or such management practices. Such study shall be submitted to the
Congress not later than April 1, 1985.
(d) The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
shall cause to be studied the existing manifest system for hazardous
wastes as it applies to small quantity generators and recommend
whether the current system shall be retained or whether a new
system should be introduced. The study shall include an analysis of
the cost versus the benefits of the system studied as well as an
analysis of the case of retrieving and collating information and
identifying a given substance. Finally, any new proposal shall include a list of those standards that are necessary to protect human
health and the environment. Such study shall be submitted to the
Congress not later than April 1. 1987.
(a) The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in
conjunction with the Secretary of Transportation. shall prepare and
submit to the Congress a report on the feasibility. of easing the
administrative burden on small quantity generators, increasing
compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements, and simplifying enforcement efforts through a program of licensing hazardous
waste transporters to assume the responsibilities of small quantity
generators relating to the preparation of manifests and associated
recordkeeping and reporting requirements. The report shall examine the appropriate licensing requirements under such a program
including the need for financial assurances by licensed transporters
and shall make recommendations on provisions and requirements
for such a program including the appropriate division of responsibilities between the Department of Transportation and the Environmental Protection Administration. Such report shall be submitted to
the Congress not later than April 1. 1987.
(fx1) The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, the States,
and appropriate educational associations, conduct a comprehensive
study of problems associated with the accumulation. storage and
disposal of hazardous wastes from educational institutions The
study shall include an investigation of the feasibility and availability of environmentally sound methods for the treatment, storage or
disposal of hazardous waste from such institutions, taking into
account the types and quantities of such waste which are generated
by these institutions, and the nonprofit nature of these institutions.
(2) The Administrator shall submit a report to the Congress
containing the findings of the study carried out under paragraph (1)
not later than April 1. 1987.
(3) For purposes of this subsection-
(A) the term "hazardous waste" means hazardous waste
which is listed or identified under Section 3001 of the Solid
Waste Disposal Act;
(B) the term "educational institution" includes, but shall not
be limited to,
(i) secondary schools as defined in section 198(a)(7) of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; and
(ii) institutions of higher education as defined in enction
1201(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
[3001(e) - (i) added by PL 98-616]
"(s) SPECIFIED WASTES-(1) Not later than 6 months after the date
of enactment of the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of
1984, the Administrator shall, where appropriate, list under subsection (b)(1), additional wastes containing chlorinated dioxins or chlorinated-dibenzofurans. Not later than one year after the date of
enactment of the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984,
the Administrator shall. where appropriate, list under subsection
(b)(1) wastes containing remaining halogenated dioxins and halogeaated-dibenzofurans.
"(2) Not later than fifteen months after the date of enactment of
the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984, the Administrator shall make a determination of whether or not to list under
subsection (b)(1) the following wastes: Chlorinated Aliphatics.
Dioxin, Dimethyl Hydrazine, TDI (toluene diisocyanate), Carbamates, Bromacil, Linuron. Organo-bromines, solvents, refining
wastes, chlorinated aromatics, dyes and pigments, inorganic chemical industry wastes, lithium batteries, coke byproducts, paint production wastes, and coal slurry pipeline effluent.
"(f) DELISTING PROCEDURES-(1) When evaluating a petition to
exclude 8 waste generated at a particular facility from listing under
this section, the Administrator shall consider factors (including
additional constituents) other than those for which the waste was
listed if the Administrator has 6 reasonable basis to believe that
such additional factors could cause the waste to be a hazardous
waste. The Administrator shall provide notice and opportunity for
comment on these additional factors before granting or denying
such petition.
"(2XA) To the maximum extent practicable the Administrator
shall publish in the Federal Register a proposal to grant or deny a
petition referred to in paragraph (1) within twelve months after
receiving a complete application to exclude a waste generated at a
particular facility from being regulated as a hazardous waste and
shall grant or deny such a petition within twenty-four months after
receiving a complete application.
"(B) The temporary granting of such a petition prior to the
enactment of the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984
without the opportunity for public comment and the full consideration of such comments shall not continue for more than twentyfour months after the date of enectment of the Hazardous and Solid
Waste Amendments of 1984. If a final decision to grant or deny such
a petition has not been promulgated after notice and opportunity for
public comment within the time limit prescribed by the preceding
sentence, any such temporary granting of such petition shall cease
to be in effect.
"(g) EP TOXICITY-Not later than twenty-eight months after the
date of enactment of the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments
of 1984 the Administrator shall examine the deficiencies of the
extraction procedure toxicity characteristic as a predictor of the
leaching potential of wastes and make changes in the extraction
procedure toxicity characteristic. including changes in the leaching
media, as are necessary to insure that it accurately predicts the
leaching potential of wastes which pose a threat to human health
and the environment when mismanaged.
"(h) ADDITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS-Not later than two years after
the date of enactment of the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984, the Administrator shall promulgate regulations
under this section identifying additional characteristics of hazardour waste, including measures or indicators of toxicity.
"(i) CLARIFICATION OF HOUSEHOLD WASTE EXCLUSION.-A resource
recovery facility recovering energy from the mass burning of municipal solid waste shall not be deemed to be treating. storing, disposing
of, or otherwise managing hazardous wastes for the purposes of
regulation under this subtitle, if
"(1) such facility-
"(A) receives and burns only--
"Wi) household waste (from single and multiple dwellings, hotels, motels, and other residential sources), and
(ii) solid waste from commercial or industrial
sources that does not contain hazardous waste identified or listed under this section, and
"(B) does not accept hazardous wastes identified or listed
under this section, and
"(2) the owner or operator of such facility has established
contractual requirements or other appropriate notification or
inspection procedures to assure that hazardous wastes are not
received at or burned in such facility.
"Standards Applicable to Generators
of Hazardous Waste
"Sec. 3002. (a) In General - Not later than eighteen
months after the date of the enactment of this section,
and after notice and opportunity for public hearings and
after consultation with appropriate Federal and State
agencies, the Administrator shall promulgate regulations
establishing such standards, applicable to generators of
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hazardous waste identified or listed under this subtitle,
as may be necessary to protect human health and the
environment. Such standards shall establish requirements respecting-
[3002(a) designated by PL 98-616]
"Standards Applicable to Transporters of
Hazardous Waste
"Sec. 3003. (a) Standards.-Not later than eighteen
months after the date of enactment of this section, and
after opportunity for public hearings the Administrator,
after consultation with the Secretary of Transportation
and the States, shall promulgate regulations establishing
such standards, applicable to transporters of hazardous
waste identified or listed under this subtitle, as may be
necessary to protect human health and the environment.
Such standards shall include but need not be limited 10
requirements respecting-
"(1) recordkeeping concerning such hazardous waste
transported, and their source and delivery points;
"(2) transportation of such waste only if properly
labeled;
"(3) compliance with the manifest system referred to
in section 3002(5); and
"(4) transportation of all such hazardous waste only
to the hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal
facilities which the shipper designates on the manifest
form to be a facility holding a permit issued under this
subtitle, or pursuant to title I of the Marine Protection,
Research, and Sanctuaries act (86 Stat. 1052).
"(1) recordkeeping practices that accurately identify
the quantities of such hazardous waste generated, the
constituents thereof which are significant in quantity or
in potential harm to human health or the environment,
and the disposition of such wastes;
"(2) labeling practices for any containers used for the
storage, transport, or disposal of such hazardous waste
such as will identify accurately such waste;
"(3) use of appropriate containers for such hazardous waste;
"(4) furnishing of information on the general chemical composition of such hazardous waste to persons
transporting, treating, storing, or disposing of such
wastes;
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"(A) the quantities and nature of hazardous waste identified or listed under this subtitle that be has generated
during the year;
"(B) the disposition of all hazardous waste reported under
subparagraph (A);
"(C) the efforts undertaken during the year to reduce the
volume and toxicity of waste generated: and
"(D) the changes in volume and toxicity of waste actually
achieved during the year in question in comparison with
previous years, to the extent such information is available
for years prior to enactment of the Hazardous and Solid
Waste Amendments of 1984.
[3002(a)(6) revised by PL 98-616]
"(b) WASTE MINIMIZATION-Efective September 1, 1985, the
manifest required by subsection (a)(5) shall contain a certification by
the generator that-
"(1) the generator of the hazardous waste has a program in
place to reduce the volume or quantity and toxicity of such
waste to the degree determined by the generator to be economically practicable, and
"(2) the proposed method of treatment. storage. or dispose. -
that practicable method currently available to the generator
which minimizes the present and future threat to human health
and the environment.
"(5) use of a manifiest system and any other reasonable means necessary to assure that all such hazardous
waste generated is designated for treatment, storage, or
disposal in, and arrives at treatment, storage, or disposal facilities (other than facilities on the premises
where the waste is generated) for which a permit has
been issued as provided in this subtitle, or pursuant to
title I of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act (86 Stat. 1052); and
"(6) submission of reports to the Administrator (or the State
agency in any case in which such agency carries out a permit
program pursuant to this subtitle) at least once every two years,
setting out-
"(c) FUEL FROM HAZARDOUS WASTE-Not later than two years
after the date of anactment of the Hazardous and Solid Waste
Amendments of 1964, and after opportunity for public hearing, the
Administrator shall promulgate regulations establishing standards,
applicable to transporters of fuel produced (1) from any hazardous
waste identified or listed under section 3001, or (2) from any hazardous waste identified or listed under section 3001 and any other
material. as may be necessary to protect human health and the
environment. Such standards may include any of the requirements
set forth in paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection (a) as may be
appropriate.
[3003(c) added by PL 98-616]
"Standards Applicable to Owners and Operators
of Hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage,
and Disposal Facilities
"(b) Coordination With Regulations of Secretary of
Transportation.-In case of any hazardous waste identified or listed under this subtitle which is subject to the
Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (88 Stat. 2156;
49 U.S.C. 1801 and following), the regulations promulgated by the Administrator under this section shall be
consistent with the requirements of such Act and the
regulations thereunder. The Administrator is authorized
to make recommendations to the Secretary of Transportation respecting the regulations of such hazardous
waste under the Hazardous Materials Transportation
Act and for addition of materials to be covered by uch
Act.
"Sec. 3004. (a) In General - Not later than eighteen
months after the date of enactment of this section, and
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after opportunity for public hearings and after consultation with appropriate Federal and State agencies, the
Administrator shall promulgate regulations establishing
such performance standards, applicable to owners and
operators of facilities for the treatment, storage, or
disposal of hazardous waste identified or listed under
this subtitle, as may be necessary to protect human
health and the environment. In establishing such standards the Administrator shall, where appropriate, distinguish in such standards between requirements appropriate for new facilities and for facilities in existence on the
date of promulgation of such regulations. Such standards shall include, but need not be limited to, requirements respecting-
[3004 amended by PL 96-482; (a) designated by PL 98-
616]
"(1) maintaining records of all hazardous wastes
identified or listed under this title which is treated,
stored, or disposed of, as the case may be, and the manner in which such wastes were treated, stored, or disposed of;
"(2) satisfactory reporting, monitoring, and inspection and compliance with the manifest system referred
to in section 3002(5);
"(3) treatment, storage, or disposal of all such waste
received by the facility pursuant to such operating
methods, techniques, and practices as may be satisfactory to the Administrator;
"(4) the location, design, and construction of such
hazardous waste treatment, disposal, or storage facilities;
"(5) contingency plans for effective action to
minimize unanticipated damage from any treatment,
storage, or disposal of any such hazardous waste;
"(6) the maintenance of operation of such facilities
and requiring such additional qualifications as to
ownership, continuity of operation, training for personnel, and financial responsibility including financial responsibility for corrective action) as may be necessary or
desirable; and 1
(3004(a)(6) amended by PL 98-616]
"(7) compliance with the requirements of section
3005 respecting permits for treatment, storage, or
disposal.
No private entity shall be precluded by reason of criteria
established under paragraph (6) from the ownership or
operation of facilities providing hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal services where such entity can
provide assurances of financial responsibility and continuity of operation consistent with the degree and duration of risks associated with the treatment, storage, or
disposal of specified hazardous waste.
[3004(b) - (x) added by PL 98-616]
"(b) SALT DOME FORMATIONS. SALT BED FORMATIONS. UNDER-
GROUND MINES AND CAVES.-(1) Effective on the date of the enactment of the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984. the
placement of any noncontainerized or bulk liquid hazardous waste
in any salt dome formation, salt bed formation, underground mine,
or cave is prohibited until such time as-
"(A) the Administrator has determined, after notice and opportunity for hearings on the record in the affected areas, that
such placement is protective of human health and the environment;
"(B) the Administrator has promulgated performance and
permitting standards for such facilities under this subtitle. and;
"(C) a permit has been issued under section 8005(c) for the
facility concerned.
"(2) Effective on the date of enactment of the Hazardous and Solid
Waste Amendments of 1984. the placement of any hazardous waste
other than a hazardous waste referred to in paragraph (1) in a salt
dome formation, salt bed formation, underground mine, or cave is
prohibited until such time as a permit has been issued under section
3005(c) for the facility concerned.
"(3) No determination made by the Administrator under subsection (d), (e), or (g) of this section regarding any hazardous waste to
which such subsection (d), (e), or (g) applies shall affect the prohibition contained in paragraph (1) or (2) of this subsection.
"(4) Nothing in this subsection shall apply to the Department of
Energy Waste Isolation Pilot Project in New Mexico.
"(c) Liquins IN LANDFILLS-(1) Effective 6 months after the date of
the enactment of the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of
1984, the placement of bulk or noncontainerized liquid hazardous
waste or free liquids contained in hazardous waste (whether or not
absorbents have been added) in any landfill is prohibited. Prior to
such date the requirements (as in effect on April 30, 1983) promulgated under this section by the Administrator regarding liquid
hazardous waste shall remain in force and effect to the extent such
requirements are applicable to the placement of bulk or noncontainerized liquid hazardous waste, or free liquids contained in hazardous
waste, in landfills.
"(2) Not later than fifteen months after the date of the enactment
of the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984, the Administrator shall promulgate final regulations which-
"(A) minimize the disposal of containerized liquid hazardous
waste in landfills. and
"(B) minimize the presence of free liquids in containerized
hazardous waste to be disposed of in landfills.
Such regulations shall also prohibit the disposal in landfills of
liquids that have been absorbed in materials that biodegrade or that
release liquids when compressed as might occur during routine
landfill operations. Prior to the date on which such final regulations
take effect, the requirements (as in effect on April 30, 19831 promulgated under this section by the Administrator shall remain in force
and effect to the extent such requirements are applicable to the
disposal of containerized liquid hazardous waste, or free liquids
contained in hazardous waste, in landfills.
"(3) Effective twelve months after the date of the enactment of the
Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1964, the placement of
any liquid which is not a hazardous waste in a landfill for which a
permit is required under section 3005(c) or which in operating
pursuant to interim status granted under section 8005(e) is prohibsted unless the owner or operator of such landfill demonstrates to
the Administrator, or the Administrator determines, that-
"(A) the only reasonably available alternative to the placement in such landfill is placement in . landfill or unlined
surface impoundment, whether or not permitted under section
3005(c) or operating pursuant to interim status under section
3005(e). which contains, or may reasonably be anticipated to
contain, hazardous waste; and
"(B) placement in such owner or operator's landfill will not
present a risk of contamination of any underground source of
drinking water.
As used in subparagraph (B). the term 'underground source of
drinking water' has the same meaning as provided in regulations
under the Safe Drinking Water Act (title XIV of the Public Health
Service Act).
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"(4) No determination made by the Administrator under subsection (d), (e), or (g) of this section regarding any hazardous waste to
which such subsection (d), (e). or (g) applies shall affect the prohibition contained in paragraph (1) of this subsection.
"(d) PROMISITIONS ON LAND DISPOSAL OF SPECIFIED WASTES-(1)
Effective 32 months after the enactment of the Hazardous and Solid
Waste Amendments of 1984 (except as provided in subsection (f)
with respect to underground injection into deep injection wells), the
land disposal of the hazardous wastes referred to in paragraph (2) is
prohibited unless the Administrator determines the prohibition on
one or more methods of land disposal of such waste is not required
in order to protect human health and the environment for as long as
the waste remains hazardous, taking into account-
"(A) the long-term uncertainties associated with land disposal,
"(B) the goal of managing hazardous waste in an appropriate
manner in the first instance, and
"(C) the persistence. toxicity, mobility, and propensity to
bioaccumulate of such hazardous wastes and their hazardous
constituents.
For the purposes of this paragraph, a method of land disposal may
not be determined to be protective of human health and the environment for a hazardous waste referred to in paragraph (2) (other than
a hazardous waste which has complied with the pretreatment regulations promulgated under subsection (m)), unless, upon application
by an interested person, it has been demonstrated to the Administrator, to a reasonable degree of certainty, that there will be no
migration of hazardous constituents from the disposal unit or injection zone for as long as the wastes remain hazardous.
"(2) Paragraph (1) applies to the following hazardous wastes listed
or identified under section 3001:
"(A) Liquid hazardous wastes, including free liquids assoclated with any solid or sludge, containing free cyanides at
concentrations greater than or equal to 1,000 mg/l.
"(B) Liquid hazardous wastes, including free liquids associated
with any solid or sludge, containing the following metals (or
elements) or compounds of these metals (or elements) at concentrations greater than or equal to those specified below:
"(i) arsenic and/or compounds (as As) 500 mg/l;
"(ii) cadmium and/or compounds (as Cd) 100 mg/l;
"(iii) chromium (VI and/or compounds (as Cr VD) 500
mg/l;
(iv) lead and/or compounds (as Pb) 500 mg/l;
"(v) mercury and/or compounds (as Hg) 20 mg/l;
"(vi) nickel and/or compounds (as Ni) 134 mg/l:
"(vii) selenium and/or compounds (as Se) 100 mg/l; and
"(vili) thallium and/or compounds (as Th) 130 mg/L
TO Liquid hazardous waste having a pH less than or equal to
two (2.0).
"(D) Liquid hazardous wastes containing polychlorinated biphenyls at concentrations greater than or equal to 50 ppm.
"(E) Hazardous wastes containing halogenated organic compounds in total concentration greater than or equal to 1,000
mg/kg.
When Decessary to protect human health and the environment, the
Administrator shall substitute more stringent concentration levels
than the levels specified in subparagraphs (A) through (E)
"(8) During the period ending forty-eight months after the date of
the enactment of the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of
1984, this subsection shall not apply to any disposal of contaminated
soil or debris resulting from a response action taken under section
104 or 106 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compenantion, and Liability Act of 1980 or a corrective action required
under this subtitle.
"(e) SOLVENTS AND Effective twenty-four months
after the date of enactment of the Hazardous and Solid Waste
Amendments of 1984 (except as provided in subsection in with
respect to underground injection into deep injection wells). the land
disposal of the hazardous wastes referred to in paragraph (2) is
prohibited unless the Administrator determines the prohibition of
one or more methods of land disposal of such waste is not required
in order to protect human health and the environment for as long as
the waste remains hazardous, taking into account the factors referred to in subparagraph (A) through (C) of subsection (d)(1). For
the purposes of this paragraph. # method of land disposal may not
be determined to be protective of human health and the environment for a hazardous waste referred to in paragraph (2) (other than
a hazardous waste which has complied with the pretrestment regulations promulgated under subsection (m)), unless upon application
by an interested person it has been demonstrated to the Administrator, to a reasonable degree of certainty, that there will be DO
migration of hazardous constituents from the disposal unit or injection zone for as long as the wastes remain hazardous.
"(2) The hazardous wastes to which the prohibition under paragraph (1) applies are as follows-
"(A) dioxin-containing hazardous wastes numbered F020,
F021, F022, and F023 (as referred to in the proposed rule
published by the Administrator in the Federal Register for
April 4, 1983). and
"(B) those hazardous wastes numbered F001. F002, F003,
F004, and F005 in regulations promulgated by the Administrator under section 3001 (40 C.F.R. 261.31 (July 1, 1983)), as those
regulations are in effect on July 1, 1983.
"(3) During the period ending forty-eight months after the date of
the enactment of the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of
1984, this subsection shall not apply to any disposal of contaminated
soil or debris resulting from D response action taken under section
104 or 106 of the Comprehenisve Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 or a corrective action required
under this subtitle.
"(f) DISPOSAL INTO DEEP INJECTION WELLS: SPECIFIED SUBSECTION
(d) WASTES; SOLVENTS AND DIOXINS.-(1) Not later than forty-five
months after the date of enactment of the Hazardous and Solid
Waste Amendments of 1984, the Administrator shall complete a
review of the disposal of all hazardous wastes referred to in paragraph (2) of subsection (d) and in paragraph (2) of subsection (e) by
underground injection into deep injection wells.
"(2) Within forty-five-months after the date of the enactment of
the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984. the Administrator shall make a determination regarding the disposal by underground injection into deep injection wells of the hazardous wastes
referred to in paragraph (2) of subsection (d) and the hazardous
wastes referred to in paragraph (2) of subsection (e). The Administrator shall promulgate final-regulations prohibiting the disposal of
such wastes into such wells if it may reasonably be determined that
such disposal may not be protective of human health and the
environment for as long as the waste remains hazardous, taking into
account the factors referred to in subparagraphs (A) through (C) of
subsection (d)(1). In promulgating such regulations, the Administrator shall consider each hazardous waste referred to in paragraph (2)
of subsection (d) or in paragraph (2) of subsection (a) which is
prohibited from disposal into such wells by any State.
"(3) If the Administrator fails to make a determination under
paragraph (2) for any hazardous waste referred to in paragraph (2)
of subsection (d) or in paragraph (2) of subsection (e) within forty-five
months after the date of enactment of the Hazardous and Solid
Waste Amendments of 1984. such hazardous waste shall be
prohibited from disposal into any deep injection well.
"(4) As used in this subsection, the term 'deep injection well'
means a well used for the underground injection of hazardous waste
other than a well to which section 7010(a) applies.
"(g) ADDITIONAL LAND DISPOSAL PRONISITION DETERMINATIONS
(1) Not later than twenty-four months after the date of enactment of
the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984. the Administrator shall submit a schedule to Congress for-
"(A) reviewing all hazardous wastes listed (as of the date of
the enactment of the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments
of 1984) under section 2001 other than those wastes which are
referred to in subsection (d) or (e): and
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"(B) taking action under paragraph (5) of this subsection with
respect to each such hazardous waste.
"(2) The Administrator shall base the schedule on a ranking of
such listed wastes considering their intrinsic hazard and their
volume such that decisions regarding the land disposal of high
volume hazardous wastes with high intrinsic hazard shall. to the
maximum extent possible, be made by the date forty-five months
after the date of enactment of the Hazardous and Solid Waste
Amendments of 1984. Decisions regarding low volume hazardous
wastes with lower intrinsic hazard shall be made by the date sixtysix months after such date of enactment.
"(3) The preparation and submission of the schedule under this
subsection shall not be subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1980. No hearing on the record shall be required for purposes of
preparation or submission of the schedule. The schedule shall not be
subject to judicial review.
"(4) The schedule under this subsection shall require that the
Administrator shall promulgate regulations in accordance with
paragraph (5) or make a determination under paragraph (5)-
"(A) for at least one-third of all hazardous wastes referred to
in paragraph (1) by the date forty-five months after the date of
enactment of the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of
1984:
"(B) for at least two-thirds of all such listed wastes by the date
fifty-five menths after the date of enactment of such Amendments; and
"(C) for all such listed wastes and for all hazardous wastes
identified under 3001 by the date sixty-six months after the date
of ensetment of such Amendments.
In the case of any hazardous waste identified or listed under section
3001 after the date of enactment of the Hazardous and Solid Waste
Amendments of 1984, the Administrator shall determine whether
such waste shall be prohibited from one or more methods of land
disposal in accordance with paragraph (5) within six months after
the date of such identification or listing.
"(5) Not later than the date specified in the schedule published
under this subsection, the Administrator shall promulgate final
regulations prohibiting one or more methods of land disposal of the
hazardous wastes listed on such schedule except for methods of land
disposal which the Administrator determines will be protective of
human health and the environment for as long as the waste remains
hazardous, taking into account the factors referred to in subparagraph (A) through (C) of subsection (dx1). For the purposes of this
paragraph, a method of land disposal may not be determined to be
protective of human health and the environment (except with respect to a hazardous waste which has complied with the pretreatment regulations promulgated under subsection (m) unless, upon
application by an interested person, it has been demonstrated to the
Administrator, to a reasonable degree of certainty. that there will be
no migration of hazardous constituents from the disposal unit or
injection zone for as long as the wastes remain hazardous.
"(6XA) If the Administrator fails (by the date forty-five months
after the date of enactment of the Hazardous and Solid Waste
Amendments of 1984) to promulgate regulations or make a determination under paragraph (5) for any hazan'ous waste which is
included in the first one-third of the schedule published under this
subsection, such hazardous waste may be disnosed of in a landfill or
surface impoundment only if-
"(i) such facility is in compliance with the requirements of
subsection (o) which are applicable to new facilities (relating to
minimum technological requirements); and
"(ii) prior to such disposal, the generator has certified to the
Administrator that such generator has investigated the availability of treatment capacity and has determined that the use of
such landfill or surface impoundment is the only practical
alternative to treatment currently available to the generator.
The prohibition contained in this subparagraph shall continue to
apply until the Administrator promulgates regulations or makes a
determination under paragraph (5) for the waste concerned.
"(B) If the Administrator fails (by the date 55 months after the
date of enactment of the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments
of 1984) to promulgate regulations or make a determination under
paragraph (5) for any hazardous waste which is included in the first
two-thirds of the schedule published under this subsection, such
hazardous waste may be disposed of in a landfill or surface impoundment only if-
"(i) such facility is in compliance with the requirements of
subsection (o) which are applicable to new facilities (relating to
minimum technological requirements); and
"(ii) prior to such disposal, the generator has certified to the
Administrator that such generator has investigated the availability of treatment capacity and has determined that the use of
such landfill or surface impoundment is the only practical
alternative to treatment currently available to the generator.
The prohibition contained in this subparagraph shall continue to
apply until the Administrator promulgates regulations or makes a
determination under paragraph (5) for the waste concerned.
"(C) If the Administrator fails to promulgate regulations, or make
a determination under paragraph (5) for any hazardous waste referred to in paragraph (1) within 66 months after the date of
enactment of the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984,
such hazardous waste shall be prohibited from land disposal.
"(h) VARIANCES FROM LAND DISPOSAL PROMISITIONS.-(1) A prohibition in regulations under subsection (d), (e), (f). or (g) shall be
effective immediately upon promulgation.
"(2) The Administrator may establish an effective date different
from the effective date which would otherwise apply under subsection (d), (e), (0, or (g) with respect to a specific hazardous waste
which is subject to a prohibition under subsection (d), (e), (f), or (g) or
under regulations under subsection (d). (e), (f), or (g). Any such other
effective date shall be established on the basis of the earliest date on
which adequate alternative treatment, recovery. or disposal capacity
which protects human health and the environment will be available
Any such other effective date shall in no event be later than 2 years
after the effective date of the prohibition which would otherwise
apply under subsection (d). (e), (f), or (g).
(8) The Administrator. after notice and opportunity for comment
and after consultation with appropriate State agencies in all
affected States, may on 0 case-by-case basis grant an extension of
the effective date which would otherwise apply under subsection (d),
(a), (f), or (g) or under paragraph (2) for up to one year, where the
applicant demonstrates that there is a binding contractual commitment to construct or otherwise provide such alternative capacity but
due to circumstances beyond the control of such applicant such
alternative capacity cannot reasonably be made available by such
effective date. Such extension shall be renewable once for no more
than one additional year.
"(4) Whenever another effective date (hereinafter referred to as a
'variance') is established under paragraph (2), or an extension is
granted under paragraph (3), with respect to any hazardous waste,
during the period for which such variance or extension is in effect.
such hazardous waste may be disposed of in a landfill or surface
impoundment only if such facility is in compliance with the requirements of subsection (o).
"(i) PUBLICATION OF DETERMINATION.-If the Administrator determines that a method of land disposal will be protective of human
health and the environment, he shall promptly publish in the
Federal Register notice of such determination, together with an
explanation of the basis for such determination.
"(j) STORAGE OF HAZARDOUS WASTE PROMISITED FROM LAND DIS-
POSAL-In the case of any hazardous waste which is prohibited from
coe or more methods of land disposal under this section (or under
regulations promulgated by the Administrator under any provision
of this section) the storage of such hazardous waste is prohibited
unless such storage is solely for the purpose of the accumulation of
such quantities of hazardous waste as are necessary to facilitate
proper recovery, treatment or disposal.
"(k) DEFINITION OF LAND DISPORAL-For the purposes of this
section. the term 'land disposal', when used with respect to .
specified hazardous waste, shall be deemed to include. but not be
limited to, any placement of such hazardous waste in a landfill.
surface impoundment. waste pile, injection well, land treatment
facility. salt dome formation. salt bed formation, or underground
mine or cave.
"0) BAN ON DUST SUPPRESSION.-The use of waste or used oil or
other material, which is contaminated or mixed with dioxin or any
other hazardous waste identified or listed under section 3001 (other
than a waste identified solely on the basis of ignitability), for dust
suppression or road treatment is prohibited.
"un) TREATMENT STANDARDS FOR WASTES SUBJECT TO LAND Dis-
FORAL PROMISITION-(1) Simultaneously with the promulgation of
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regulations under subsection (d), (e), in or (g) prohibiting one or
more methods of land disposal of a particular hazardous waste, and
as appropriate thereafter, the Administrator shall, after notice and
an opportunity for hearings and after consultation with appropriate
Federal and State agencies, promulgate regulations specifying those
levels or methods of treatment. if any. which substantially diminish
the toxicity of the waste or substantially reduce the likelihood of
migration of hazardous constituents from the waste so that short.
term and long-term threats to human health and the environment
are minimized.
*(2) If such hazardous waste has been treated to the level or by a
method specified in regulations promulgated under this subsection,
such waste or residue thereof shall not be subject to any prohibition
promulgated under subsection (d), (e), (f). or (g) and may be disposed
of in a land disposal facility which meets the requirements of this
subtitle. Any regulation promulgated under this subsection for a
particular hazardous waste shall become effective on the same date
as any applicable prohibition promulgated under subsection (d), (e),
(f), or (g).
"(n) AJR EMISSIONS-Not later than thirty months after the date
of enactment of the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of
1984, the Administrator shall promulgate such regulations for the
monitoring and control of air emissions at hazardous waste treatment, storage. and disposal facilities, including but not limited to
open tanks. surface impoundments, and landfills, as may be necessary to protect human health and the environment.
"(o) MINIMUM TECHNOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS.-(1) The regulations under subsection (a) of this section shall be revised from time
to time to take into account improvements in the technology of
control and measurement. At a minimum, such regulations shall
require, and a permit issued pursuant to section 3005(c) after the
date of enactment of the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments
of 1984 by the Administrator or a State shall require-
"(A) for each new landfill or surface impoundment, each new
landfill or surface impoundment unit at an existing facility,
each replacement of an existing landfill or surface impoundment unit, and each lateral expansion of an existing landfill or
surface impoundment unit, for which an application for a final
determination regarding issuance of a permit under section
3005(c) is received after the date of enactment of the Hazardous
and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984-
"(i) the installation of two or more liners and a leachate
collection system above tin the case of a landfill) and
between such liners; and
"(ii) ground water monitoring and
"(B) for each incinerator which receives a permit under section 3005(c) after the date of enactment of the Hazardous and
Solid Waste Amendments of 1984. the attainment of the minimum destruction and removal efficiency required by regulations in effect on June 24. 1982.
The requirements of this geragraph shall apply with respect to all
waste received after the issuance of the permit.
"(2) Paragraph (18AXi) shall not apply if the owner or operator
demonstrates to the Administrator. and the Administrator finds for
such landfill or surface impoundment, that alternative design and
operating practices. together with location characteristics, will prevent the migration of any hazardous constituents into the ground
water or surface water at least as effectively as such liners and
leachate collection systems.
"(8) The double-liner requirement set forth in peragraph (1)(AXi)
may be waived by the Administrator for any monofill, if
"(A) such monofill contains only hazardous wastes from
foundry furnace emission controls or metal casting molding
sand.
"(B) such wastes do not contain constituents which would
render the wastes hazardous for reasons other than the Extraction Procedure ("EP") toxicity characteristics set forth in regulations under this subtitle. and
"(C) such monofill meets the same requirements as are applicable in the case of a waiver under section 3005(j) (2) or (4).
"(4XA) Not later than thirty months after the date of enactment of
the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984, the Administrator shall promulgate standards requiring that new landfill units,
surface impoundment units, waste piles, underground tanks and
land treatment units for the storage, treatment. or disposal of
hazardous waste identified or listed under section 3001 shall be
required to utilize approved leak detection systems.
(B) For the purposes of subparagraph (A)---
"W the term 'approved leak detection system' means a system
or technology which the Administrator determines to be capable of detecting leaks of hazardous constituents at the earliest
practicable time; and
"(ii) the term "new units' means units on which construction
commences after the date of promulgation of regulations under
this paragraph.
"(5XA) The Administrator shall promulgate regulations or issue
guidance documents implementing the requirements of paragraph
(1)(A) within two years after the date of the enactment of the
Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984.
"(B) Until the effective date of such regulations or guidance
documents, the requirement for the installation of two or more
liners may be satisfied by the installation of a top liner designed.
operated, and constructed of materials to prevent the migration of
any constituent into such liner during the period such facility
remains in operation (including any post-closure monitoring period),
and a lower liner designed, operated and constructed to prevent the
migration of any constituent through such liner during such period.
For the purpose of the preceding sentence, a lower liner shall be
deemed to satisfy such requirement if it is constructed of at least a
3-foot thick layer of recompacted clay or other natural material with
a permeability of no more than 1x10⁻' centimeter per second.
(6) Any permit under section 3005 which is issued for a landfill
located within the State of Alabama shall require the installation of
two or more liners and a leachate collection system above and
between such liners, notwithstanding any other provision of this
Act.
"(7) in addition to the requirements set forth in this subsection.
the regulations referred to in paragraph (1) shall specify criteria for
the acceptable location of new and existing treatment, storage, or
disposal facilities as necessary to protect human health and the
environment. Within 18 months after the enactment of the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984. the Administrator shall
publish guidance criteria identifying areas of vulnerable hydrogeology.
GROUND WATER MONITORING
"(p) GROUND WATER MONTTORING.-The standards under this section concerning ground water monitoring which are applicable to
surface impoundments, waste piles, land treatment units, and landfills shall apply to such a facility whether or not-
"(1) the facility is located above the seasonal high water table;
"(2) two liners and a leachate collection system have been
installed at the facility: or
"(3) the owner or operator inspects the liner (or liners) which
has been installed at the facility.
This subsection shall not be construed to affect other exemptions or
waivers from such standards provided in regulations in effect on the
date of enactment of the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments
of 1984 or as may be provided in revisions to those regulations, to
the extent consistent with this subsection. The Administrator is
authorised on a case-by-case basis to exempt from ground water
monitoring requirements under this section (including subsection
(a)) any engineered structure which the Administrator finds does not
receive or contain liquid waste (nor waste containing free liquids), is
designed and operated to exclude liquid from precipitation or other
runoff, utilizes multiple leak detection systems within the outer
layer of containment, and provides for continuing operation and
maintenance of these leak detection systems during the operating
period, closure, and the period required for post-closure monitoring
and for which the Administrator concludes on the basis of such
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findings that there is a reasonable certainty hazardous constituents
will not migrate beyond the outer layer of containment prior to the
end of the period required for post-closure monitoring.
"(q) HAZARDOUS WASTE USED AS FUEL-(1) Not later than two
years after the date of the enactment of the Hazardous and Solid
Waste Amendments of 1984, and after notice and opportunity for
public hearing. the Administrator shall promulgate regulations
establishing such-
"(A) standards applicable to the owners and operators of
facilities which produce & fuel-
"(i) from any hazardous waste identified or listed under
section 3001, or
"(ii) from any hazardous waste identified or listed under
section 3001 and any other material;
"(B) standards applicable to the owners and operators of
facilities which burn, for purposes of energy recovery, any fuel
produced as provided in subparagraph (A) or any fuel which
otherwise contains any hazardous waste identified or listed
under section 3001; and
"(C) standards applicable to any person who distributes or
markets any fuel which is produced as provided in subparagraph (A) or any fuel which otherwise contains any hazardous
waste identified or listed under section 3001
as may be necessary to protect human health and the environment.
Such standards may include any of the requirements set forth in
paragraphs (1) through (7) of subsection (a) as may be appropriate.
Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to affect or impair the
provisions of section 3001(b)(3). For purposes of this subsection, the
term hazardous waste listed under section 3001' includes any commercial chemical product which is listed under section 3001 and
which, in lieu of its original intended use. is (i) produced for use as
(or as a component of) a fuel, (ii) distributed for use as a fuel, or (iii)
burned as a fuel.
"(2XA) This subsection, subsection (r), and subsection (s) shall not
apply to petroleum refinery wastes containing oil which are converted into petroleum coke at the same facility at which such wastes
were generated, unless the resulting coke product would exceed one
or more characteristics by which a substance would be identified as
a hazardous waste under section 3001.
"(B) The Administrator may exempt from the requirements of this
subsection, subsection (r). or subsection (s) facilities which burn de
minimis quantities of hazardous waste as fuel. as defined by the
Administrator, if the wastes are burned at the same facility at
which such wastes are generated; the waste is burned to recover
useful energy, as determined by the Administrator on the basis of
the design and operating characteristics of the facility and the
heating value and other characteristics of the waste; and the waste
is burned in a type of device determined by the Administrator to be
designed and operated at a destruction and removal efficiency sufficient such that protection of human health and environment is
assured.
"(C)(i) After the date of the enactment of the Hazardous and Solid
Waste Amendments of 1984 and until standards are promulgated
and in effect under paragraph (2) of this subsection, DO fuel which
contains any hazardous waste may be burned in any cement kiln
which is located within the boundaries of any incorporated municipality with a population greater than five hundred thousand (based
on the most recent census statistics) unless such kiln fully complies
with regulations (as in effect on the date of the enactment of the
Harardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984) under this subtitle which are applicable to incinerators.
"(ii) Any person who knowingly violates the prohibition contained
in clause (i) shall be deemed to have violated section 3008(dx2).
"(r) LABELING.(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
until such time as the Administrator promulgates standards under
subsection (q) specifically superceding this requirement, it shall be
unlawful for any person who is required to file a notification in
accordance with paragraph (1) or (3) of section 3010 to distribute or
market any fuel which is produced from any hazardous waste
identified or listed under section 3001, or any fuel which otherwise
contains any hazardous waste identified or listed under section 3001
if the invoice or the bill of sale fails-
"(A) to bear the following statement: WARNING: THIS
FUEL CONTAINS HAZARDOUS WASTES'. and
"(B) to list the hasardous wastes contained therein.
Beginning ninety days after the enactment of the Hazardous and
Solid Waste Amendments of 1984, such statement shall be located in
a conspicuous place on every such invoice or bill of sale and shall
appear in conspicuous and legible type in contrast by typography.
layouts, or color with other printed matter on the invoice or bill of
sale.
"(2) Unless the Administrator determines otherwise as may be
necessary to protect human health and the environment, this subsection shall not apply to fuels produced from petroleum refining
waste containing oil if-
"(A) such materials are generated and reinserted onsite into
the refining process;
"(B) contaminants are removed; and
"(C) such refining waste containing oil is converted along with
normal process streams into pertroleum-derived fuel products
at a facility at which crude oil is refined into petroleum prodacts and which is classified as a number SIC 2911 facility under
the Office of Management and Budget Standard Industrial
Classification Manual.
"(8) Unless the Administrator determines otherwise as may be
necessary to protect human health and the environment. this subsection shall not apply to fuels produced from oily materials, resulting from normal petroleum refining, production and transportation
practices, if (A) contaminants are removed; and (B) such oily materials are converted along with normal process streams into petroleumderived fuel products at a facility at which crude oil is refined into
petroleum products and which is classified as a number SIC 2911
facility under the Office of Management and Budget Standard
Classification Manual.
"(s) RECORDEEEPING-Not later than fifteen months after the date
of enactment of the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of
1984, the Administrator shall promulgate regulations requiring that
any person who is required to file a notification in accordance with
subperagraph (1), (2), or (3). of section 3010(a) shall maintain such
records regarding fuel blending. distribution, or use as may be
necessary to protect human health and the environment.
"(t) FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY PROVISIONS.-(1) Financial responsibility required by subsection (a) of this section may be established
to accordance with regulations promulgated by the Administrator
by any one, or any combination, of the following insurance, guarantee, surety bond, letter of credit, or qualification as a self-insurer. In
promulgating requirements under this section. the Administrator is
authorized to specify policy or other contractual terms, conditions,
or defenses which are necessary or are unacceptable in establishing
such evidence of financial responsibility in order to effectuate the
purposes of this Act.
"(2) In any case where the owner or operator is in bankruptcy,
reorganization, or arrangement pursuant to the Federal Bankruptcy
Code or where (with reasonable diligence) jurisdiction in any State
court or any Federal Court cannot be obtained over an owner or
aperator likely to be solvent at the time of judgment, any claim
arising from conduct for which evidence of financial responsibility
must be provided under this section may be asserted directly against
the guarantor providing such evidence of financial responsibility. In
the case of any action pursuant to this subsection, such guarantor
shall be entitled to invoke all rights and defenses which would have
been available to the owner or operator if any action had been
brought against the owner or operator by the claimant and which
would have been available to the guarantor if an action had been
brought against the guarantor by the owner or operator.
"(3) The total liability of any guarantor shall be limited to the
aggregate amount which the guarantor has provided as evidence of
financial responsibility to the owner or operator under this Act.
Nething in this subsection shall be construed to limit any other
State or Federal statutory. contractual or common law liability of a
guarantor to its owner or operator including. but not limited to, the
liability of such guarantor for bad faith either in negotiating or in
failing to megotiate the settlement of any claim. Nothing in this
subsection shall be construed to diminish the liability of any person
under section 107 or 111 of the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 or other
applicable law.
"(4) For the purpose of this subsection, the term 'guarantor'
means any person, other than the owner or operator, who provides
evidence of financial responsibility for an owner or operator under
this section.
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"(u) CONTINUING RELEASES AT PERMITTED FACILITIES-Standards
promulgated under this section shall require, and a permit issued
after the date of enactment of the Hazardous and Solid Waste
Amendments of 1984 by the Administrator or a State shall require,
corrective action for all releases of hazardous waste OF constituents
from any solid waste management unit at a treatment, storage, or
disposal facility seeking a permit under this subtitle, regardless of
the time at which waste was placed in such unit. Permits issued
under section 3005 shall contain schedules of compliance for such
corrective action (where such corrective action cannot be completed
prior to issuance of the permit) and assurances of financial responsibility for completing such corrective action.
"(v) CORRECTIVE ACTIONS BEYOND FACILITY BOUNDARY-As
promptly as practicable after the date of the enactment of the
Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984, the Administrator
shall amend the standards under this section regarding corrective
action required at facilities for the treatment, storage, or disposal, of
hazardous waste listed or identified under section 3001 to require
that corrective action be taken beyond the facility boundary where
necessary to protect human health and the environment unless the
owner or operator of the facility concerned demonstrates to the
satisfaction of the Administrator that, despite the owner or operator's best efforts, the owner or operator was unable to obtain the
necessary permission to undertake such action. Such regulations
shall take effect immediately upon promulgation. notwithstanding
section 3010(b). and shall apply to-
"(1) all facilities operating under permits issued under subsection (c), and
"(2) all landfills, surface impoundments, and waste pile units
(including any new units, replacements of existing units, or
lateral expansions of existing units) which receive hazardous
waste after July 26, 1982.
Pending promulgation of such regulations, the Administrator shall
issue corrective action orders for facilities referred to in paragraphs
(1) and (2), on a case-by-case basis, consistent with the purposes of
this subsection.
"(w) UNDERGROUND TANKS-Not later than March 1, 1985. the
Administrator shall promulgate final permitting standards under
this section for underground tanks that cannot be entered for
inspection. Within forty-eight months after the date of the enactment of the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984. such
standards shall be modified, if necessary, to cover at a minimum all
requirements and standards described in section 9003.
"(s) If (1) solid waste from the extraction, beneficiation or processing of ores and minerals, including phosphate rock and overburden
from the mining of uranium, (2) fly ash waste, bottom ash waste,
alag waste, and flue gas emission control waste generated primarily
from the combustion of coal or other fossil fuels, or (3) cement kiln
dust waste, is subject to regulation under this subtitle, the Administrator is authorized to modify the requirements of subsections (c),
(d), (e), (f), (g). (o), and (u) and section 3005(j), in the case of landfills
or surface impoundments receiving such solid waste, to take into
account the special characteristics of such wastes, the practical
difficulties associated with implementation of such requirements,
and site-specific characteristics, including but not limited to the
climate, geology. hydrology and soil chemistry at the site, so long as
such modified requirements essure protection of human health and
the environment.
"Permits for Treatment, Storage, or Disposal
of Hazardous Waste
"Sec. 3005. (a) Permit Requirements.-Not later
than eighteen months after the date of the enactment of
this section, the Administrator shall promulgate regulations requiring each person owning or operating an
existing facility or planning to construct a new facility
for the treatment, storage, or disposal of hazardous
waste identified or listed under this subtitle to have a
permit issued pursuant to this section. Such regulations
shall take effect on the date provided in section 3010 and
upon and after such date the treatment, storage, or
disposal of any such hazardous waste and the construction of any new facility for the treatment, storage, or
disposal of any such hazardous waste is prohibited except in accordance with such a permit. No permit shall
be required under this section in order to construct a
facility if such facility is constructed pursuant to an
approval issued by the Administrator under section 6(e)
of the Toxic Substances Control Act for the incineration
of polycholorinated biphenyls and-any person owning or
operating such a facility may, at any time after operation or construction of such facility has begun, file an
application for a permit pursuant to this section authorizing such facility to incinerate hazardous waste identified or listed under this subtitle.
[3005(a) amended by PL 98-616]
"(b) Requirements of Permit Application.-Each
application for a permit under this section shall contain
such information as may be required under regulations
promulgated by the Administrator, including information respecting-
"(I) estimates with respect to the composition, quantities, and concentrations of any hazardous waste identified or listed under this subtitle, or combinations of any
such hazardous waste and any other solid waste, proposed to be disposed of, treated, transported, or stored,
and the time, frequency, or rate of which such waste is
proposed to be disposed of, treated, transported, or
stored; and
"(2) the site at which such hazardous waste or the
products of treatment of such hazardous waste will be
disposed of, treated, transported to, or stored.
"(c) Permit Issuance.-(1) Upon a determination by the
Administrator (or a State, if applicable), of compliance
by a facility for which a permit is applied for under this
section with the requirements of this section and section
3004, the Administrator (or the State) shall issue a permit for such facilities. in the event permit applicants
propose modification of their facilities, or in the event
the Administrator (or the State) determines that
modifications are necessary to conform to the requirements under this section and section 3004, the permit
shall specify the time allowed to complete the modifications.
(3005(c)(1) designated by PL 98-616]
"(SKAND Not later than the date four years after the enactment of
the Harardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984. in the case of
each application under this subsection for a permit for a land
disposal facility which was submitted before such date, the Administrator shall issue a final permit pursuant to such application or
issue a final denial of such application.
"(ii) Not later than the date five years after the enactment of the
Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984, in the case of each
application for a permit under this subsection for an incinerator
facility which was submitted before such date, the Administrator
shall issue a final permit pursuant to such application or issue a
final denial of such application.
"(B) Not later than the date eight years after the enactment of the
Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984, in the case of each
application for a permit under this subsection for any facility (other
than a facility referred to in subparagraph (A)) which was submitted
before such date, the Administrator shall issue a final permit pursuant to such application or issue a final denial of such application.
"(C) The time periods specified in this paragraph shall also apply
in the case of any State which is administering an authorized
hazardous waste program under section 3006. Interim status under
subsection (e) shall terminate for each facility referred to in subparagraph (AXii) or (B) on the expiration of the five- or eight-year
period referred to in subparagraph (A) or (B), whichever is applicable. unless the owner or operator of the facility applies for a final
determination regarding the issuance of a permit under this
subsection within-
"(i) two years after the date of the enactment of the Hazardour and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 (in the case of a
facility referred to in subparagraph (AXii), or
"(ii) four years after such date of enactment (in the case of a
facility referred to in subparagraph (B)).
[3005(c)(2) added by PL 98-616].
"(8) Any permit under this section shall be for a fixed term, not to
exceed 10 years in the case of any land disposal facility, storage
facility, or incinerator or other treatment facility. Each permit for a
land disposal facility shall be reviewed five years after date of
issuance or reissuance and shall be modified as necessary to assure
that the facility continues to comply with the currently applicable
requirements of this section and section 3004. Nothing in this
subsection shall preclude the Administrator from reviewing and
modifying a permit at any time during its term. Review of any
application for a permit renewal shall consider improvements in the
state of control and measurement technology as well as changes in
applicable regulations. Each permit issued under this section shall
contain such terms and conditions as the Administrator (or the
State) determines necessary to protect human health and the
environment.".
[3005(c)(3) added by PL 98-616]
"(d) Permit Revocation.-Upon a determination by
the Administrator (or by a State, in the case of a State
having an authorized hazardous waste program under
section 3006) of noncompliance by a facility having a
permit under this title with the requirements of this section or section 3004, the Administrator (or State, in the
case of a State having an authorized hazardous waste
program under section 3006) shall revoke such permit.
"(e) Interim Status.-(1) Any person who-
[3005(e)(1) designated by PL 98-616]
"(A) owns or operates a facility required to have a permit
under this section which facility-
"(i) was in existence on November 19, 1980, or
"(ii) is in existence on the effective date of statutory or
regulatory changes under this Act that render the facility
subject to the requirement to have a permit under this
section,
[Former 3005(e)(1) amended and redesignated as (A)
by PL 98-616]
"(B) has complied with the requirements of section
3010(a). and
[Former 3005(e)(2) redesignated as (B) by PL 98-616]
"(C) has made an application for a permit under this
section shall be treated as having been issued such permit until such time as final administrative disposition of
such application is made, unless the Administrator or
other plaintiff proves that final administrative disposition of such application has not been made because of
the failure of the applicant to furnish information
reasonably required or requested in order to process the
application.
[Former 3005(e)(3) amended and redesignated as (C)
by PL 98-616]
"This paragraph shall not apply to any facility which has been
previously denied a permit under this section or if authority to
operate the facility under this section has been previously
terminated.
"(2) In the case of each land disposal facility which has been
granted interim status under this subsection before the date of
enactment of the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984,
interim status shall terminate on the date twelve months after the
date of the enactment of such Amendments unless the owner or
operator of such facility-
"(A) applies for a final determination regarding the issuance
of a permit under subsection (c) for such facility before the date
twelve months after the date of the enactment of such Amendments; and
"(B) certifies that such facility is in compliance with all
applicable groundwater monitoring and financial responsibility
requirements.
[New 3005(e)(2) added by PL 98-616]
"(3) In the case of each land disposal facility which is in existence
on the effective date of statutory or regulatory changes under this
Act that render the facility subject to the requirement to have a
permit under this section and which is granted interim status under
this subsection, interim status shall terminate on the date twelve
months after the date on which the facility first becomes subject to
such permit requirement unless the owner or operator of such
facility-
"(A) applies for a final determination regarding the issuance
of a permit under subsection (c) for such facility before the date
twelve months after the date on which the facility first becomes
subject to such permit requirement; and
"(B) certifies that such facility is in compliance with all
applicable groundwater monitoring and financial responsibility
requirements.
[New 3005(e)(3) added by PL 98-616]
"(f) Coal Mining Wastes and Reclamation
Permits.-Notwithstanding subsection (a) through (e)
of this section, any surface coal mining and reclamation
permit covering any coal mining wastes or overburden
which has been issued or approved under the Surface
Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 shall be
deemed to be a permit issued pursuant to this section
with respect to the treatment, storage, or disposal of
such wastes or overburden. Regulations promulgated by
the Administrator under this subtitle shall not be applicable to treatment, storage, or disposal of coal mining
wastes and overburden which are covered by such a permit.
[3005(f) added by PL 96-482]
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[3005(g)-(j) added by PL 98-616]
"(g) RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION PERMITS-(1)
The Administrator may issue & research, development, and demonstration permit for any hazardous waste treatment facility which
proposes to utilize an innovative and experimental hazardous waste
treatment technology or process for which permit standards for such
experimental activity have not been promulgated under this subtitle. Any such permit shall include such terms and conditions as
will assure protection of human health and the environment. Such
permits-
"(A) shall provide for the construction of such facilities, as
Decessary. and for operation of the facility for not longer than
ODE year (unless renewed as provided in paragraph (4)), and
"(B) shall provide for the receipt and treatment by the facility
of only those types and quantities of hazardous waste which the
Administrator deems necessary for purposes of determining the
efficacy and performance capabilities of the technology or procass and the effects of such technology or process on human
health and the environment, and
"(C) shall include such requirements as the Administrator
deems necessary to protect human health and the environment
(including, but not limited to, requirements regarding monitoring. operation, insurance or bonding, financial reponsibility,
closure, and remedial action). and such requirements as the
Administrator deems necessary regarding testing and providing
of information to the Administrator_ with respect to the operation of the facility.
The Administrator may apply the criteria net forth in this paragraph in establishing the conditions of each permit without separate
establishment of regulations implementing such criteria.
"(2) For the purpose of expediting review and issuance of permits
under this subsection, the Administrator may, consistent with the
protection of human health and the environment. modify or waive
permit application and permit issuance requirements established in
the Administrator's general permit regulations except that there
may be no modification or waiver of regulations regarding financial
responsibility (including insurance) or of procedures established
under section 7004(b)(2) regarding public participation.
"(3) The Administrator may order an immediate termination of
all operations st the facility at any time he determines that termination is necessary to protect human health and the environment.
"(4) Any permit issued under this subsection may be renewed not
more than three times. Each such renewal shall be for a period of
not more than 1 year.
"(h) WASTE MINIMIZATION-Effective September 1. 1985, it shall
be a condition of any permit issued under this section for the
treatment. storage. or disposal of hazardous waste on the premises
where such waste was generated that the permittee certify, no less
often than annually. that-
"(1) the generator of the hazardous waste has a program in
place to reduce the volume or quantity and toxicity of such
waste to the degree determined by the generator to be economically practicable; and
"(2) the proposed method of treatment, storage, or disposal is
that practicable method currently available to the generator
which minimizes the present and future threat to human health
and the environment.
"(i) INTERIM STATUS FACTLITIES RECEIVING WASTES AFTER JULY 26,
1982-The standards concerning ground water monitoring. unsaturated sone monitoring, and corrective action, which are applicable
under section 3004 to new landfills. surface impoundments, land
treatment units, and waste-pile units required to be permitted under
subsection (c) shall also apply to any landfill. surface impoundment,
land treatment unit, or waste-pile unit qualifying for the authorizetion to operate under subsection (e) which receives hazardous waste
after July 26, 1982
"() INTERIM STATUS SURFACE IMPOUNDMENTS.-(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), (3), or (4), each surface impoundment in
existence on the date of enactment of the Hazardous and Solid
Waste Amendments of 1984 and qualifying for the authorization to
operate under subsection (e) of this section shall not receive, store,
or treat hazardous waste after the date four years after such date of
enactment unless such surface impoundment is in compliance with
the requirements of section 3004(oX1XA) which would apply to such
impoundment if it were new.
"(2) Paragraph (1) of this subsection shall not apply to any surface
impoundment which (A) has at least one liner, for which there is no
evidence that such liner is leaking: (B) is located more than onequarter mile from an underground source of drinking water: and (C)
is in compliance with generally applicable ground water monitoring
requirements for facilities with permits under subsection (c) of this
section.
"(3) Paragraph (1) of this subsection shall not apply to any surface
impoundment which (A) contains treated waste water during the
secondary or subsequent phases of an aggressive biological treatment facility subject to a permit issued under section 402 of the
Clean Water Act (or which holds such treated waste water after
treatment and prior to discharge); (B) is in compliance with
generally applicable ground water monitoring requirements for facilities with permits under subsection (c) of this section; and (CXi) is
part of a facility in compliance with section 301(b)(2) of the Clean
Water Act, or (ii) in the case of a facility for which no effluent
guidelines required under section 304(b)(2) of the Clean Water Act
are in effect and no permit under section 402(a)(1) of such Act
implementing section 301(b)(2) of such Act has been issued. is part of
a facility in compliance with a permit under section 402 of such Act,
which is achieving significant degradation of toxic pollutants and
hazardous constituents contained in the untreated waste stream and
which has identified those toxic pollutants and hazardous constituents in the untreated waste stream to the appropriate permitting
authority.
"(4) The Administrator (or the State, in the case of a State with an
authorized program), after notice and opportunity for comment,
may modify the requirements of paragraph (1) for any surface
impoundment if the owner or operator demonstrates that such
surface impoundment is located, designed and operated so as to
assure that there will be no migration of any hazardous constitutent
into ground water or surface water at any future time. The Administrator or the State shall take into account locational criteria established under section 3004(o)(7).
"(5) The owner or operator of any surface impoundment potentially subject to paragraph (1) who has reason to believe that on the
basis of paragraph (2). (3), or (4) such surface impoundment is not
required to comply with the requirements of paragraph (1). shall
apply to the Administrator (or the State. in the case of 8 State with
an authorised program) not later than twenty-four months after the
date of enactment of the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments
of 1984 for a determination of the applicability of paragraph (1) (in
the case of paragraph (2) or (3)) or for a modification of the requirements of paragraph (1) (in the case of paragraph (4)), with respect to
such surface impoundment. Such owner or operator shall provide.
with such application, evidence pertinent to such decision, including:
"(A) an application for a final determination regarding the
issuance of a permit under subsection (c) of this section for such
facility. if not previously submitted:
"(B) evidence as to compliance with all applicable ground
water monitoring requirements and the information and analysis from such monitoring:
"(C) all reasonably ascertainable evidence as to whether such
surface impoundment is leaking: and
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"(D) in the case of applications under paragraph (2) or (3), a
certification by a registered professional engineer with academic training and experience in ground water hydrology
that-
"(i) under paragraph (2), the liner of such surface impoundment is designed. constructed. and operated in accordance with applicable requirements, such surface impoundment is more than one-quarter mile from an underground source of drinking water and there is no evidence
such liner is leaking: or
"(ii) under paragraph (3). based on analysis of those toxic
pollutants and hazardous constituents that are likely to be
present in the untreated waste stream. such impoundment
satisfies the conditions of paragraph (3).
In the case of any surface impoundment for which the owner or
operator fails to apply under this paragraph within the time provided by this paragraph or paragraph (6), such surface impoundment shall comply with paragraph (1) notwithstanding paragraph
(2), (3), or (4). Within twelve months after receipt of such application
and evidence and not later than thirty-six months after such date of
enactment, and after notice and opportunity to comment, the Administrator (or, if appropriate, the State) shall advise such owner or
operator on the applicability of paragraph (1) to such surface
impoundment or as to whether and how the requirements of
paragraph (1) shall be modified and applied to such surface
impoundment
"(6XA) In any case in which a surface impoundment becomes
subject to paragraph (1) after the date of enactment of the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 due to the promulgation
of additional listings or characteristics for the identification of
hazardous waste under section 3001, the period for compliance in
paragraph (1) shall be four years after the date of such promulgation, the period for demonstrations under paragraph (4) and for
submission of evidence under paragraph (5) shall be not later than
twenty-four months after the date of such promulgation, and the
period for the Administrator (or if appropriate, the State) to advise
such owners or operators under paragraph (5) shall be not later than
thirty-six months after the date of promulgation.
"(B) In any case in which a surface impoundment is initially
determined to be excluded from the requirements of paragraph (1)
but due to a change in condition (including the existence of a leak)
DO longer satisfies the provisions of paragraph (2), (3), or (4) and
therefore becomes subject to paragraph (1), the period for compliance in paragraph (1) shall be two years after the date of discovery
of such change of condition, or in the case of surface impoundment
excluded under paragraph (3) three years after such date of
discovery.
"(7XA) The Administrator shall study and report to the Congress
on the number, range of size, construction, likelihood of hazardous
constituents migrating into ground water, and potential threat to
human health and the environment of existing surface impoundments excluded by paragraph (3) from the requirements of paragraph (1). Such report shall address the need, feasibility. and
estimated costs of subjecting such existing surface impoundments to
the requirements of paragraph (1).
"(B) In the case of any existing surface impoundment or class of
surface impoundments from which the Administrator (or the State,
in the case of a State with an authorized program) determines
hazardous constituents are likely to migrate into ground water, the
Administrator (or if appropriate. the State) is authorized to impose
such requirements as may be necessary to protect human health
and the environment, including the requirements of section 3004(o)
which would apply to such impoundments if they were new.
"(C) In the case of any surface impoundment excluded by
paragraph (3) from the requirements of paragraph (1) which is
subsequently determined to be leaking. the Administrator (or, if
appropriate, the State) shall require compliance with paragraph (1).
unless the Administrator (or, if appropriate, the State) determines
that such compliance is not necessary to protect human health and
the environment.
"(8) in the case of any surface impoundment in which the liners
and leak detection system have been installed pursuant to the
requirements of paragraph (1) and in good faith compliance with
section 3004(o) and the Administrator's regulations and guidance
documents governing liners and leak detection systems, no liner or
leak detection system which is different from that which was so
installed pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be required for such unit
by the Administrator when issuing the first permit under this
section to such facility. Nothing in this paragraph shall preclude the
Administrator from requiring installation of a new liner when the
Administrator has reason to believe that any liner installed pursuant to the requirements of this subsection is leaking.
"(9) In the case of any surface impoundment which has been
excluded by paragraph (2) on the basis of a liner meeting the
definition under paragraph (12XAXii), at the closure of such impoundment the Administrator shall require the owner or operator of
such impoundment to remove or decontaminate all waste residues.
all contaminated liner material, and contaminated soil to the extent
practicable. If all contaminated soil is not removed or decontaminated, the owner or operator of such impoundment shall be required
to comply with appropriate post-closure requirements, including but
not limited to ground water monitoring and corrective action.
((10) Any incremental cost attributable to the requirements of
this subsection or section 3004(o) shall not be considered by the
Administrator (or the State, in the case of a State with an authorised program under section 402 of the Clean Water Act)-
"(A) in establishing effluent limitations and standards under
section 301, 304, 306, 307, or 402 of the Clean Water Act based
on effluent limitations guidelines and standards promulgated
any time before twelve months after the date of enactment of
the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984; or
"(B) in establishing any other effluent limitations to carry out
the provisions of section 301, 307, or 402 of the Clean Water Act
on or before October t, 1986.
"(11XA) If the Administrator allows a hazardous waste which is
prohibited from one or more methods of land disposal under subsection (d), (e), or (g) of section 3004 (or under regulations promulgated
by the Administrator under such subsections) to be placed in a
surface impoundment (which is operating pursuant to interim
status) for storage or treatment, such impoundment shall meet the
requirements that are applicable to new surface impoundments
under section 3004(oX(1), unless such impoundment meets the requirements of paragraph (2) or (4).
"(B) In the case of any hazardous waste which is prohibited from
one or more methods of land disposal under subsection (d), (e), or (g)
of section 3004 (or under regulations promulgated by the Administrator under such subsection) the placement or maintenance of such
hazardous waste in a surface impoundment for treatment is prohibited as of the effective date of such prohibition unless the treatment
residues which are hazardous are, at a minimum, removed for
subsequent management within one year of the entry of the waste
into the surface impoundment.
"(12XA) For the purposes of paragraph (2XA) of this subsection,
the term 'liner' means-
"(i) a liner designed, constructed, installed. and operated to
prevent hazardous waste from passing into the liner at any time
during the active life of the facility; or
"(ii) a liner designed, constructed, installed. and operated to
prevent hazardous waste from migrating beyond the liner to
adjacent subsurface soil, ground water, or surface water at any
time during the active life of the facility.
"(B) For the purposes of this subsection, the term 'aggressive
biological treatment facility' means a system of surface impoundments in which the initial impoundment of the secondary treatment
segment of the facility utilizes intense mechanical seration to
enhance biological activity to degrade waste water pollutants and
"(i) the hydraulic retention time in such initial impoundment
is no longer than 5 days under normal operating conditions, on
an annual average basis;
"(ii) the hydraulic retention time in such initial impoundment
is no longer than thirty days under normal operating conditions, on an annual average basis: Provided. That the sludge in
such impoundment does not constitute a hazardous waste as
identified by the extraction procedure toxicity characteristic in
effect on the date of enactment of the Hazardous and Solid
Waste Amendments of 1984; or
"(iii) such system utilizes activated sludge treatment in the
first portion of secondary treatment.
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TC) For the purposes of this subsection, the term "underground
source or drinking water' has the same meaning as provided in
regulations under the Safe Drinking Water Act (title XIV of the
Public Health Service Act).
*(18) The Administrator may modify the requirements of persgraph (1) in the case of a surface impoundment for which the owner
or operator. prior to October 1, 1984, has entered into. and is in
compliance with, a consent order, decree, or agreement with the
Administrator or a State with an authorized program mandating
corrective action with respect to such surface impoundment that
provides a degree of protection of human health and the environment which is at a minimum equivalent to that provided by
paragraph (1).
"Authorized State Hazardous Waste Programs
"Sec. 3006. (a) Federal Guidelines.-Not later than
eighteen months after the date of enactment of this Act,
the Administrator, after consultation with State
authorities, shall promulgate guidelines to assist States
in the development of State hazardous waste programs.
"(b) Authorization of State Program.-Any State
which seeks to administer and enforce a hazardous
waste program pursuant to this subtitle may develop
and, after notice and opportunity for public hearing,
submit to the Administrator an application, in such
form as he shall require, for authorization of such program. Within ninety days following submission of an
application under this subsection, the Administrator
shall issue a notice as to whether or not he expects such
program to be authorized, and within ninety days
following such notice (and after opportunity for public
hearing) he shall publish his findings as to whether or
not the conditions listed in items (1), (2), and (3) below
have been met. Such State is authorized to carry out
such program in lieu of the Federal program under this
subtitle in such State and to issue and enforce permits
for the storage, treatment, or disposal of hazardous
waste (and to enforce permits deemed to have been
issued under section 3012(d)(1)) unless, within ninety
days following submission of the application the Administrator notifies such State that such program may not
be authorized and, within ninety days following such
notice and after opportunity for public hearing. he finds
that (1) such State program is not equivalent to the
Federal program under this subtitle, (2) such program is
not consistent with the Federal or State programs applicable in other States, or (3) such program does not
provide adequate enforcement of compliance with the
requirements of this subtitle. In authorizing a State
program. the Administrator may base his findings on the
Federal program in effect one year prior to submission of
a State's application or in effect on January 26, 1983,
whichever is later.
,
[3006(b) amended by PL 98-616]
"(c) Interim Authorization.- (1) Any State which
has in existence a hazardous waste program pursuant to
State law before the date ninety days after the date of
promulgation of regulations under sections 3002, 3003,
3004, and 3005, may submit to the Administrator evidence of such existing program and may request a
temporary authorization to carry out such program under this subtitle. The Administrator shall, if the evidence
submitted shows the existing State program to be substantially equivalent to the Federal program under this
subtitle, grant an interim authorization to the State to
carry out such program in lieu of the Federal program
pursuant to this subtitle for a period ending no later than
January 31, 1986.
[3006(c)(1) designated and amended by PL 98-616]
[3006(c)(2)-(4) added by PL 98-616]
"(2) The Administrator shall, by rule, establish a date for the
expiration of interim authorization under this subsection.
(3) Pending interim or final authorization of a State program for
any State which reflects the amendments made by the Hazardous
and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984, the State may enter into an
agreement with the Administrator under which the State may assist
in the administration of the requirements and prohibitions which
take effect pursuant to such Amendments.
"(4) In the case of a State permit program for any State which
is authorized under subsection (b) or under this subsection, until
such program is amended to reflect the amendments made by the
Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 and such program
amendments receive interim or final authorization, the Administrator shall have the authority in such State to issue or deny permits or
those portions of permits affected by the requirements and prohibitions established by the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of
1984. The Administrator shall coordinate with States the procedures
for issuing such permits.
"(d) Effect of State Permit.-Any action taken by a
State under a hazardous waste program authorized
under this section shall have the same force and effect as
action taken by the Administrator under this subtitle.
"(e) Withdrawal of Authorization.-Whenever the
Administrator determines after public hearing that'a
State is not administering and enforcing a program
authorized under this section in accordance with requirements of this section, he shall so notify the State
and, if appropriate corrective action is not taken within
a reasonable time, not to exceed ninety days, the Administrator shall withdraw authorization of such program and establish a Federal program pursuant to this
subtitle. The Administrator shall not withdraw authorization of any such program unless he shall first have
notified the State, and made public, in writing, the
reasons for such withdrawal.
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[3006(f) added by PL 98-616}
"(f) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION-No State program may be
authorized by the Administrator under this section unless-
"(1) such program provides for the public availability of infor.
mation obtained by the State regarding facilities and sites for
the treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous waste; and
"(2) such information is available to the public in substantially the same manner. and to the same degree, as would be the
case if the Administrator was carrying out the provisions of this
subtitle in such State.
[Editor's note: Section 226(b) of PL 98-616 provides:
"(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with
respect to State programs, authorized under section 3006 before. on,
or after the date of enactment of the Hazardous and Solid Waste
Amendments of 1984 "
Subsection (a) added 3006(f) of RCRA.)
"(g) AMENDMENTS MADE BY 1984 Act.-(1) Any requirement or
prohibition which is applicable to the generation. transportation.
treatment, storage, or disposal of hazardous waste and which is
imposed under this subtitle pursuant to the amendments made by
the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 shall take
effect in each State having an interim or finally authorized State
program on the same date as such requirement takes effect in other
States. The Administrator shall carry out such requirement directly
in each such State unless the State program is finally authorized (or
is granted interim authorization as provided in paragraph (2)) with
respect to such requirement.
"(2) Any State which, before the date of the enactment of the
Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 has an existing
hazardous waste program which has been granted interim or final
authorization under this section may submit to the Administrator
evidence that such existing program contains (or has been amended
to include) any requirement which is substantially equivalent to a
requirement referred to in paragraph (1) and may request interim
authorization to carry out that requirement under this subtitle. The
Administrator shall. if the evidence submitted shows the State
requirement to be substantially equivalent to the requirement referred to in paragraph (1). grant an interim authorization to the
State to carry out such requirement in lieu of direct administration
in the State by the Administrator of such requirement.
[3006(g) added by PL 98-616]
"Inspections
"Sec. 3007. (a) Access Entry.-For purposes of developing or assisting in the development of any regulation or enforcing the provisions of this title, any person who generates, stores, treats, transports, disposes
of, or otherwise handles or has handled hazardous
wastes shall, upon request of any officer, employee or
representative of the Environmental Protection Agency,
duly designated by the Administrator, or upon request
of any duly designated officer, employee or representative of a State having an authorized hazardous waste
program, furnish information relating to such wastes
and permit such person at all reasonable times to have
access 10, and to copy all records relating to such
wastes. For the purposes of developing or assisting in
the development of any regulation or enforcing the provisions of this title, such officers, employees or representatives are authorized-
"(1) to enter at reasonable times any establishment
or other place where hazardous wastes are or have been
generated, stored, treated, disposed of, or transported
from;
"(2) to inspect and obtain samples from any person
of any such wastes and samples of any containers or
labeling for such wastes.
Each such inspection shall be commenced and completed with reasonable promptness. If the officer,
employee or representative obtains any samples, prior
to leaving the premises, he shall give to the owner,
operator, or agent in charge a receipt describing the
sample obtained and if requested a portion of each such
sample equal in volume or weight to the portion retained. If any analysis is made of such samples, a copy of
the results of such analysis shall be furnished promptly
to the owner, operator, or agent in charge.
[3007(a) amended by PL 96-482]
"(b) Availability to Public.-(1) Any records, reports,
or information (including records, reports, or information obtained by representatives of the Environmental
Protection Agency) obtained from any person under this
section shall be available to the public, except that upon
a showing satisfactory to the Administrator (or the
State, as the case may be) by any person that records.
reports, or information, (including records, reports, or
information obtained by representatives of the Environmental Protection Agency) or particular part thereof, to
which the Administrator (or the State, as the case may
be) or any officer. employee or representative thereof
has access under this section if made public, would
divulge information (including records, reports, or information obtained by representatives of the Environmental
Protection Agency) entitled to protection under section
1905 of title 18 of the United States Code, such information or particular portion thereof shall be considered
confidential in accordance with the purposes of that
section, except that such record, report. document, or
information may be disclosed to other officers, employees, or authorized representatives of the United State
concerned with carrying out this Act, or when relevant
in any proceeding under this Act.
"(2) Any person not subject to the provisions of section 1905 of title 18 of the United States Code who
knowingly and willfully divulges or discloses any information (including records, reports, or information
obtained by representatives of the Environmental Protection Agency) entitled to protection under this subsection
shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not more
than $5,000 or to imprisonment not to exceed one year.
or both.
"(3) In submitting data under this Act. a person required to provide such data may-
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"(A) designate the data which such person believes is
entitled 10 protection under this subsection, and
"(B) submit such designated data separately from
other data submitted under this Act.
A designation under this paragraph shall be made in
writing and in such manner as the Administrator may
prescribe.
"(4) Notwithstanding any limitation contained in
this section or any other provision of law, all information (including records, reports, or information
obtained by representatives of the Environmental Protection Agency) reported to, or otherwise obtained by, the
Administrator (or any representative of the Administrator) under this Act shall be made available, upon written
request of any duly authorized committee of the Congress, to such committee (including records, reports, or
information obtained by representatives of the Environmental Protection Agency).
FEDERAL FACILITIES
"(c) FEDERAL FACILITY INSPECTIONS-Beginning twelve months
after the date of enactment of the Hazardous and Solid Waste
Amendments of 1984. the Administrator shall. or in the case of a
State with an authorized hazardous waste program the State may.
undertake on an annual basis a thorough inspection of each facility
for the treatment. storage. or disposal of hazardous waste which is
owned or operated by a Federal agency to enforce its compliance
with this subtitle and the regulations promulgated thereunder. The
records of such inspections shall be available to the public as
provided in subsection (b).
[3007(c) added by PL 98-616]
STATE-OPERATED FACILITIES
"(d) STATE-OPERATED FACTLITIES-The Administrator shall annually undertake a thorough inspection of every facility for the treatment, storage. or disposal of hazardous waste which is operated by a
State or local government for which . permit is required under
section 3005 of this title. The records of such inspection shall be
available to the public as provided in subsection (b).
(3007(d) added by PL 98-616]
"(e) MANDATORY INSPECTIONS-(1) The Administrator (or the
State in the case of a State having an authorized hazardous waste
program under this subtitle) shall commence a program to thoreughly inspect every facility for the treatment, storage. or disposal
of hazardous waste for which a permit is required under section
3005 no less often than every two years as to its compliance with
this subtitle (and the regulations promulgated under this subtitle).
Such inspections shall commence not later than twelve months after
the date of enactment of the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984. The Administrator shall. after notice and opportunity
for public comment, promulgate regulations governing the minimum frequency and manner of such inspections. including the
manner in which records of such inspections shall be maintained
and the manner in which reports of such inspections shall be filed.
The Administrator may distinguish between classes and categories
of facilities commensurate with the risks posed by each class or
category.
"(2) Not later than six months after the date of enactment of the
Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984, the Administrator
shall submit to the Congress a report on the potential for inspections
of hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facilities by
nongovernmental inspectors as a supplement to inspections conducted by officers, employees, or representatives of the Environmental Protection Agency or States having authorized hazardous waste
programs or operating under a cooperative agreement with the
Administrator. Such report shall be prepared in cooperation with
the States, insurance companies offering environmental impairment
insurance, independent companies providing inspection services,
and other such groups as appropriate. Such report shall contain
recommendations on provisions and requirements for a program of
private inspections to supplement governmental inspections.
[3007(e) added by PL 98-616]
"Federal Enforcement
"Sec. 3008. (a) Compliance Orders.- (1) Except as
provided in paragraph (2), whenever on the basis of any
information the Administrator determines that any person has violated or is in violation of any requirement of
this subtitle, the Administrator may issue an order
assessing a civil penalty for any past or current violation,
requiring compliance immediately or within a specified
time period, or both, or the Administrator may commence a civil action in the United States district court in
the district in which the violation occurred for appropriate relief, including a temporary or permanent
injunction.
[3008(a)(1) amended by PL 96-482; PL 98-616]
"(2) In the case of a violation of any requirement of
this subtitle where such violation occurs in a State which
is authorized to carry out a hazardous waste program
under section 3006, the Administrator shall give notice
to the State in which such violation has occurred prior
to issuing an order or commencing a civil action under
this section.
[3008(a)(2) amended by PL 96-482]
"(8) Any order issued purmuant to this subsection may include a
suspension or revocation of any permit immed by the Administrator
. a State under this subtitle and shall state with reasonable
specificity the nature of the vislation. Any penalty assessed in the
order shall not exceed $25,000 per day of noncompliance for each
violation of a requirement of this subtitle. In assessing such a
penalty. the Administrator shall take into account the seriousness of
the violation and any good faith efforts to comply with applicable
requirements.
[3008(a)(3) revised by PL 98-616]
"(b) Public Hearing -Any order issued under this
section shall become final unless, no later than thirty
days after the order is served, the person or persons
named therein request a public hearing. Upon such
request the Administrator shall promptly conduct a
public hearing. In connection with any proceeding under
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this section the Administrator may issue subpoenas for
the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of relevent papers, books, and documents, and
may promulgate rules for discovery procedures.
[3008(b) amended by PL 96-482; PL 98-616]
"(c) VIOLATION OF COMPLIANCE ORDERS-If a violator fails to take
corrective action within the time specified in a compliance order.
the Administrator may assess a civil penalty of not more than
$25,000 for each day of continued noncompliance with the order and
the Administrator may suspend or revoke any permit issued to the
violator (whether issued by the Administrator or the State).
[3008(c) amended by PL 96-482; revised by PL 98-616)
"(d) Criminal Penalties.-Any person who-
"(1) knowingly transports or causes to be transported
any hazardous waste identified or listed under this subtitle to a facility which does not have a permit under this
subtitle, or pursuant to title 1 of the Marine Protection,
Research, and Sanctuaries Act (86 Stat. 1052).
"(2) knowingly treats, stores, or disposes of any hazardous waste identified or listed under this subtitle-
"(A) without a permit under this subtitle or pursuant
to title 1 of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act (86 Stat. 1052); or
"(B) in knowing violation of any material condition or
requirement of such permit; or
"(C) in knowing violation of any material condition or requirement of any applicable interim status regulations or standards:
"(3) knowingly omits material information or makes any false
material statement or representation in any application. labal,
manifest, record, report, permit. or other document filed. maintained, or used for purposes of compliance with regulations
promulgated by the Administrator (or by a State in the case of
an authorized State program) under this subtitle;
"(4) knowingly generates, stores, treats, transports, disposes
of, exports, or otherwise handles any hazardous waste (whether
such activity took place before or takes place after the date of
the anactment of this paragraph) and who knowingly destroys,
alters. conceals. or fails to file any record. application. manifest,
report, or other document required to be maintained or filed for
purposes of compliance with regulations promulgated by the
Administrator (or by a State in the case of an authorized State
program) under this subtitle;
"(5) knowingly transports without a manifact, or cames to be
transported without 8 manifest, any hemrdous wants required
by regulations promulgated under this subtitle (or by a State in
the case of & State program authorized under this subtitle) to be
accompanied by a manifast. or
"(5) knowingly exports a hanardous waite identified or listed
under this subtitle (A) without the consent of the receiving
country or, (B) where there exists an international agreement
between the United States and the government of the receiving
country establishing notice, export. and enforcement procedures
for the transportation, treatment, storage, and disposal of hasardous wastes, in a manner which is not in unformance with
such agreement
shall. upon conviction. be subject to a fine of not more than $50,000
for each day of violation. or imprionment not to exceed two years
(five years in the case of a violation of paragraph (1) or (2)), or both
If the conviction is for a violation committed after a first conviction
of such person under this paragraph, the maximum punishment
under the respective paragraph shall be doubled with respect to
both fine and imprisonment.
[3008(d) revised by PL 96-482; PL 98-616)
"(e) KNOWING ENDANGERMENT-Any person who knowingly
transports, treats, stores, disposes of, or exports any hazardous
waste identified or listed under this subtitle in violation of paragraph (1). (2), (8). (4). (5), or (6) of subsection (d) of this section who
knows at that time that he thereby places another person in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury, shall. upon conviction.
be subject to a fine of not more than $250,000 or imprisonment for
not more than fifteen years, or both. A defendant that is an organisation shall, upon conviction of violating this subsection, be subject
to a fine of not more than $1,000,000.
[3008(e) added by PL 96-482; amended by PL 98-616]
"(f) Special Rules.-For the purposes of subsection
(e)-
"(1) A person's state of mind is knowing with respect
to-
'(A) his conduct, if he is aware of the nature of his
conduct;
"(B) an existing circumstance, if he is aware or
believes that the circumstance exists; or
"(C) a result of his conduct, if he is aware or believes
that his conduct is substantially certain to cause danger
of death or serious bodily injury.
"(2) In determining whether a defendant who is a
natural person knew that his conduct placed another
person in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury-
"(A) the person is responsible only for actual awareness or actual belief that he possessed; and
"(B) knowledge possessed by a person other than the
defendant but not by the defendant himself may not be
attributed to the defendant;
Provided, That in proving the defendant's possession of
actual. knowledge, circumstantial evidence may be
used, including evidence that the defendant took affirmative steps to shield himself from relevant information.
"(3) It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution that
the conduct charged was consented to by the person endangered and that the danger and conduct charged were
reasonably foreseeable hazards of-
"(A) an occupation, a business, or a profession; or
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"(B) medical treatment or medical or scientific
experimentation conducted by professionally approved
methods and such other person had been made aware of
the risks involved prior to giving consent.
The defendant may establish an affirmative defense
under this subsection by a preponderance of the evidence.
"(4) All general defenses, affirmative defenses, and
bars to prosecution that may apply with respect to other
Federal criminal offenses may apply under subsection
(e) and shall be determined by the courts of the United
States according to the principles of common law as
they may be interpreted in the light of reason and experience. Concepts of justification and excuse applicable under this section may be developed in the light of
reason and experience.
"(5) The term 'organization' means a legal entity,
other than a government, established or organized for
any purpose, and such term includes a corporation,
company, association, firm, partnership, joint stock
company, foundation, institution, trust, society, union,
or any other association of persons.
"(6) The term 'serious bodily injury' means-
"(A) bodily injury which involves a substantial risk
of death;
"(B) unconsciousness;
"(C) extreme physical pain;
"(D) protracted and obvious disfigurement; or
"(E) protracted loss or impairment of the function of
a bodily member, organ, or mental faculty.
"(g) Civil Penalty.-Any person who violates any requirement of this subtitle shall be liable to the United
States for a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed
$25,000 for each such violation. Each day of such violation shall, for purposes of this subsection, constitute a
separate violation.
[3008(g) added by PL 96-482]
"(h) INTEREM STATUS CORRECTIVE ACTION Oursens-(1) Whenever
- the basis of any information the Administrator determines that
there is or has been a release of hazardous waste into the environment from a facility authorized to operate under section 2005(e) of
this subtitle, the Administrator may issue an order requiring correotive action or such other response measure - be deems necessary to
protect human health or the environment or the Administrator may
a civil action in the United States district court in the
district in which the facility is located for appropriate relief, includbe a temporary or parmenent injunction.
"(2) Any order issued under this subsection may include a surpensice or revocation of authorization to operate under section 3005(e)
of this subtitle, shall state with reasonable specificity the nature of
the required corrective action or other response measure, and shall
specify a time for compliance. If any person named in an order fails
to comply with the order. the Administrator may - and such
person shall be liable to the United States for, a civil penalty in an
amount not to exceed $25,000 for each day of noncompliance with
the order.
[3008(h) added by PL 98-616]
"Retention of State Authority
"Sec. 3009. Upon the effective date of regulations
under this subtitle no State or political subdivision may
impose any requirements less stringent than those
authorized under this subtitle respecting the same matter as governed by such regulations, except that if application of a regulation with respect to any matter
under this subtitle is postponed or enjoined by the action of any court, no State or political subdivision shall
be prohibited from acting with respect to the same
aspect of such matter until such time as such regulation
takes effect. Nothing in this title shall be construed to
prohibit any State or political subdivision thereof from
imposing any requirements, including those for site
selection, which are more stringent than those imposed
by such regulations. Nothing in this title (or in any
regulation adopted under this title) shall be construed to
prohibit any State from requiring that the State be
provided with a copy of each manifest used in connection
with hazardous waste which is generated within that
State or transported to a treatment, storage, or disposal
facility within that State.
[3009 amended by PL 96-482; PL 98-616]
"Effective Date
"Sec. 3010. (a) Preliminary Notification.-Not later
than ninety days after promulgation of regulations
under section 3001 identifying by its characteristics or
listing any substance as hazardous waste subject to this
subtitle, any person generating or transporting such
substance or owning or operating a facility for treatment, storage, or disposal of such substance shall file
with the Administrator (or with States having authorized hazardous waste permit programs under section
3006) a notification stating the location and general
description of such activity and the identified or listed
hazardous wastes handled by such person.
Not later than fifteen months after the date of enactment of the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of
1984-
"(1) The owner or operator of any facility which
produces a fuel (A) from any hazardous waste identified
or listed under section 3001, (B) from such hazardous
waste identified or listed under section 3001 and any
other material, (C) from used oil, or (D) from used oil
and any other material:
poses of energy recovery any fuel produced as provided
in paragraph (1) or any fuel which otherwise contains
used oil or any hazardous waste identified or listed under
section 3001; and
posal) shall take effect on the date SIX months aner the
date of promulgation thereof (or six months after the
date of revision in the case of any regulation which is
revised after the date required for promulgation thereof). At the time a regulation is promulgated, the Administrator may provide for a shorter period prior to the
effective date, or an immediate effective date for:
"(1) a regulation with which the Administrator finds
the regulated community does not need six months to
come into compliance:
"(2) a regulation which responds to an emergency
situation; or
"(3) other good cause found and published with the
regulation.
[3010(b) amended by PL 98-616]
"(3) any person who distributes or markets any fuel
which is produced as provided in paragraph (1) or any
fuel which otherwise ontains used oil or any hazardous
waste identified or listed under section 3001
shall file with the Administrator (and with the State in
the case of a State with an authorized hazardous waste
program) a notification stating the location and general
description of the facility, together with a description of
the identified or listed hazardous waste involved and, in
the case of a facility referred to in paragraph (1) or (2),
a description of the production or energy recovery activity carried out at the facility and such other information
as the Administrator deems necessary. For purposes of
the preceding provisions, the term "hazardous waste
listed under section 3001' also includes any commercial
chemical product which is listed under section 3001 and
which, in lieu of its original intended use, is (i) produced
for use as (or as a component of) a fuel, (ii) distributed
for use as a fuel, or (iii) burned as a fuel. Notification
shall not be required under the second sentence of this
subsection in the case of facilities (such as residential
boilders) where the Administrator determines that such
notification is not necessary in order for the Administrator to obtain sufficient information respecting current
practices of facilities using hazardous waste for energy
recovery. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed
to affect or impair the provisions of section 3001(b)(3).
Nothing in this subsection shall affect regulatory determinations under section 3014. In revising any regulation
under section 3001 identifying additional characteristics
of hazardous waste or listing any additional substance as
hazardous waste subject to this subtitle, the Administrator may require any person referred to in the preceding
provisions to file with the Administrator (or with States
having authorized hazardous waste permit programs
under section 3006) the notification described in the
preceding provisions. Not more than one such notification shall be required to be filed with respect to the same
substance. No identified or listed hazardous waste subject to this subtitle may be transported, treated, stored,
or disposed of unless notification has been given as
required under this subsection.
"Authorization of Assistance to States
"Sec. 3011. (a) Authorization.-There is authorized
to be appropriated $25,000,000 for each of the fiscal
years 1978 and 1979, $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1980,
$35,000,000 for fiscal year 1981, $40,000,000 for the
fiscal year 1982, $55,000,000 for the fiscal year 1985,
$60,000,000 for the fiscal year 1986, $60,000,000 for the
fiscal year 1987, and $60,000,000 for the fiscal year
1988 to be used to make grants to the States for
purposes of assisting the States in the development and
implementation of authorized State hazardous waste
programs.
[3011(a) amended by PL 96-482; PL 98-616]
"(b) Allocation.-Amounts authorized to be appropriated under subsection (a) shall be allocated among
the States on the basis of regulations promulgated by
the Administrator, after consultation with the States,
which take into account, the extent to which hazardous
waste is generated, transported, treated, stored, and
disposed of within such State, the extent of exposure of
human beings and the environment within such State to
such waste, and such other factors as the Administrator
deems appropriate.
"(c) Activities Included.-State hazardous waste
programs for which grants may be made under subsection (a) may include (but shall not be limited to) planning for hazadous waste treatment, storage and disposal
facilities, and the development and execution of programs to protect health and the environment from inactive facilities which may contain hazardous waste.
[3011(c) added by PL 96-482)
"(b) Effective Date of Regulation.-The regulations
under this subtitle respecting requirements applicable to
the generation, transportation, treatment, storage, or
[3010(a) amended by PL 96-482; revised by PL 98-616]
"Hazardous Waste Site Inventory
notify the State. If within ninety days following such
notification, the State program has not been revised or
amended in such manner as will adequately provide
such information, the Administrator shall carry out the
inventory program in such State. In any such case-
"Sec. 3012. (a) State Inventory Programs.-Each
State shall, as expeditiously as practicable, undertake a
continuing program to compile, publish, and submit to
the Administrator an inventory describing the location
of each site within such State at which hazardous waste
has at any time been stored or disposed of. Such inventory shall contain-
"(3) the name and address, or corporate headquarters of, the owner of each such site, determined as
of the date of preparation of the inventory;
"(2) such information relating to the amount,
nature, and toxicity of the hazardous waste at each such
site as may be practicable to obtain and as may be necessary to determine the extent of any health hazard which
may be associated with such site;
"(4) an identification of the types or techniques of
waste treatment or disposal which have been used at
each such site; and
"(5) information concerning the current status of the
site, including information respecting whether or not
hazardous waste is currently being treated or disposed
of at such site (and if not, the date on which such activity ceased) and information respecting the nature of any
other activity currently carried out at such site.
For purposes of assisting the States in compiling information under this section, the Administrator shall make
available to each State undertaking a program under
this section such information as is available to him concerning the items specified in paragraphs (1) through (5)
with respect to the sites within such State, including
such information as the Administrator is able to obtain
from other agencies or departments of the United States
and from surveys and studies carried out by any committee or subcommittee of the Congress. Any State may
exercise the authority of section 3007 for purposes of
this section in the same manner and to the same extent
as provided in such section in the case of States having
an authorized hazardous waste program, and any State
may by order require any person to submit such information as may be necessary to compile the data referred
to in paragraphs (1) through (5).
"(1) a description of the location of the sites at which
any such storage or disposal has taken place before the
date on which permits are required under section 3005
for such storage or disposal;
"(b) Environmental Protection Agency
Program.-If the Administrator determines that any
State program under subsection (a) is not adequately
providing information respecting the sites in such State
referred to in subsection (a), the Administrator shall
"(I) the Administrator shall have the authorities provided with respect to State programs under subsection
(a);
"(2) the funds allocated under subsection (c) for
grants to States under this section may be used by the
Administrator for carrying out such program in such
State; and
"(3) no further expenditure may be made for grants
to such State under this section until such time as the
Administrator determines that such State is carrying
out, or will carry out, an inventory program which
meets the requirements of this section.
"(c) Grants.-(1) Upon receipt of an application
submitted by any State to carry out a program under
this section, the Administrator may make grants to the
States for purposes of carrying out such a program.
Grants under this section shall be allocated among the
several States by the Administrator based upon such
regulations as he prescribes to carry out the purposes of
this section. The Administrator may make grants to any
State which has conducted an inventory program which
effectively carried out the purposes of this section
before the date of the enactment of the Solid Waste Disposal Act Amendments of 1980 to reimburse such State
for all, or any portion of, the costs incurred by such
State in conducting such program.
"(2) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry
out this section $25,000,000 for each of the fiscal years
1985 through 1988.
(3012(c)(2) amended by PL 98-616]
"(d) No Impediment to Immediate Remedial Action.
-Nothing in this section shall be construed to provide
that the Administrator or any State should, pending
completion of the inventory required under this section,
postpone undertaking any enforcement or remedial action with respect to any site at which hazardous waste
has been treated, stored, or disposed of.
[3012 added by PL 96-482]
"Monitoring, Analysis, and Testing
"Sec. 3013. (a) Authority of Administrators.-I the
Administrator determines, upon receipt of any information, that-
"()) the presence of any hazardous waste at a facility
or site at which hazardous waste is, or has been, stored,
treated, or disposed of, or
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"(2) the release of any such waste from such facility
or site may present a substantial hazard to human health
or the environment, he may issue an order requiring the
owner or operator of such facility or site to conduct
such monitoring, testing, analysis, and reporting with
respect to such facility or site as the Administrator
deems reasonable 10 ascertain the nature and extent of
such hazard.
"(b) Previous Owners and Operators.-In the case
of any facility or site not in operation at the time a
determination is made under subsection (a) with respect
to the facility or site, if the Administrator finds that the
owner of such facility or site could not reasonably be expected to have actual knowledge of the presence of hazardous waste at such facility or site and of its potential
for release, he may issue an order requiring the most recent previous owner or operator of such facility or site
who could reasonably be expected to have such actual
knowledge to carry out the actions referred to in subsection (a).
"(c) Proposal.-An order under subsection (a) or (b)
shall require the person to whom such order is issued to
submit to the Administrator within 30 days from the issuance of such order a proposal for carrying out the required monitoring, testing, analysis, and reporting. The
Administrator may, after providing such person with an
opportunity 10 confer with the Administrator respecting
such proposal, require such person to carry out such
monitoring, testing, analysis, and reporting in accordance with such proposal, and such modifications in such
proposal as the Administrator deems reasonable to
ascertain the nature and extent of the hazard.
"(d) Monitoring, Etc., Carried Out by Administrator.-(1) If the Administrator determines that no owner
or operator referred to in subsection (a) or (b) is able to
conduct monitoring, testing, analysis, or reporting satisfactory to the Administrator, if the Administrator
deems any such action carried out by an owner or
operator to be unsatisfactory, or if the Administrator
cannot initially determine that there is an owner or
operator referred to in subsection (a) or (b) who is able
to conduct such monitoring, testing, analysis, or reporting, he may-
"(A) conduct monitoring, testing, or analysis (or any
combination thereof) which he deems reasonable to
ascertain the nature and extent of the hazard associated
with the site concerned, or
"(B) authorize a State or local authority or other person to carry out any such action,
and require, by order, the owner or operator referred to
in subsection (a) or (b) to reimburse the Administrator
or other authority or person for the costs of such activity.
"(2) No order may be issued under this subsection requiring reimbursement of the costs of any action carried
out by the Administrator which confirms the results of
an order issued under subsection (a) or (b).
"(3) For purposes of carrying out this subsection, the
Administrator or any authority or other person authorized under paragraph (1), may exercise the authorities
set forth in section 3007.
"(e) Enforcement.-The Administrator may commence a civil action against any person who fails or
refuses to comply with any order issued under this section. Such action shall be brought in the United States
district court in which the defendant is located, resides,
or is doing business. Such court shall have jurisdiction
to require compliance with such order and to assess a
civil penalty of not to exceed $5,000 for each day during
which such failure or refusal occurs.
[3013 added by PL 96-482]
"Restrictions on Recycled Oil
"Sec. 3014. (a) In General-Not later than one year
after the date of the enactment of this section, the
Administrator shall promulgate regulations establishing
such performance standards and other requirements as
may be necessary to protect the public health and the
environment from hazards associated with recycled oil.
In developing such regulations, the Administrator shall
conduct an analysis of the economic impact of the
regulations on the oil recycling industry. The Administrator shall ensure that such regulations do not discourage the recovery or recycling of used oil, consistent with
the protection of human health and the environment.
[3012 added by PL 96-463; amended and redesignated
as 3014(a) by PL 98-616]
"(b) IDENTIFICATION on LATING OF Used On. AS HAZARDOUS
WASTE-Not later than twelve months after the date of enactment
of the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 the Adminintrator shall propose whether to list or identify used automobile
and truck crankcase oil as hazardous waste under section 3001. Not
later than twenty-four months after such date of enactment. the
Administrator shall make a final determination whether to list or
identify used automobile and truck crankense oil and other used oil
as hazardous wastes under section 3001.
[3014(b) and (c) added by PL 98-616]
"(c) USED On WHICH is Recream.-(1) With respect to generators
and transporters of used oil identified or listed as a hazardous waste
under section 3001. the standards promulgated under section
2001(d). 3002. and 3003 of this subtitle shall not apply to such used
oil if such used oil is recycled.
"(2XA) In the case of used oil which is exempt under paragraph (1),
not later than twenty-four months after the date of enactment of the
Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984. the Administrator
shall promulgate such standards under this subsection regarding
the generation and transportation of used oil which is recycled as
may be necessary to protect human health and the environment. In
promulgating such regulations with respect to generators, the Administrator shall take into account the effect of such regulations on
environmentally acceptable types of used oil recycling and the effect
of such regulations on small quantity generators and generators
which are small businesses (as defined by the Administrator).
"(B) The regulations promulgated under this subsection shall
provide that no generator of used oil which is exempt under paragraph (1) from the standards promulgated under section 3001(d),
3002, and 3003 shall be subject to any manifest requirement or any
associated recordkeeping and reporting requirement with respect to
such used oil if such generator-
"(i) either-
"(I) enters into an agreement or other arrangement
(including an agreement or arrangement with an independent transporter or with an agent of the recycler) for delivery of such used oil to a recycling facility which has a
permit under section 3005(c) (or for which a valid permit is
deemed to be in effect under subsection (d)), or
"(II) recycles such used oil at one or more facilities of the
generator which has such a permit under section 3005 of
this subtitle (or for which a valid permit is deemed to have
been issued under subsection (d) of this section);
"(ii) such used oil is not mixed by the generator with other
types of hazardous wastes; and
"(iii) the generator maintains such records relating to such
used oil, including records of agreements or other arrangements
for delivery of such used oil to any recycling facility referred to
in clause (i)(I), as the Administrator deems necessary to protect
human health and the environment.
"(3) The regulations under this subsection regarding the transportation of used oil which is exempt from the standards promulgated
under section 3001(d). 3002, and 3003 under paragraph (1) shall
require the transporters of such used oil to deliver such used oil to a
facility which has a valid permit under section 3005 of this subtitle
or which is deemed to have a valid permit under subsection (d) of
this section. The Administrator shall also establish other standards
for such transporters as may be necessary to protect human health
and the environment.
"(d) PERMITS-(1) The owner or operator of a facility which
recycles used oil which is exempt under subsection (c)(1), shall be
deemed to have a permit under this subsection for all such treatment or recycling (and any associated tank or container storage) if
such owner and operator comply with standards promulgated by the
Administrator under section 3004; except that the Administrator
may require such owners and operators to obtain an individual
permit under section 3005(c) if he determines that an individual
permit is necessary to protect human health and the environment.
"(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any generator
who recycles used oil which is exempt under subsection (cX1) shall
not be required to obtain a permit under section 3005(c) with respect
to such used oil until the Administrator has promulgated standards
under section 3004 regarding the recycling of such used oil.
[3015 through 3019 added by PL 98-616]
"EXPANSION DURING INTERIM STATUS
"Sec. 3015. (a) WASTE Puss-The owner or operator of a waste
pile qualifying for the authorization to operate under section 3005(e)
shall be subject to the same requirements for liners and leachate
collection systems or equivalent protection provided in regulations
promulgated by the Administrator under section 3004 before October 1, 1982. or revised under section 3004(o) (relating to minimum
technological requirements), for new facilities receiving individual
permits under subsection (c) of section 3005, with respect to each
new unit. replacement of an existing unit, or lateral expansion of an
existing unit that is within the waste management area identified in
the permit application submitted under section 3005, and with
respect to waste received beginning six months after the date of
enactment of the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984.
"(b) LANDFILLS AND SURFACE IMPOUNDMENTS.-(1) The owner or
operator of a landfill or surface impoundment qualifying for the
authorization to operate under section 3005(e) shall be subject to the
requirements of section 3004(o) (relating to minimum technological
requirements), with respect to each new unit, replacement of an
existing unit, or lateral expansion of an existing unit that is within
the waste management area identified in the permit application
submitted under this section, and with respect to waste received
beginning 6 months after the date of enactment of the Hazardous
and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984.
"(2) The owner or operator of each unit referred to in paragraph
(1) shall notify the Administrator (or the State, if appropriate) at
least sixty days prior to receiving waste. The Administrator (or the
State) shall require the filing, within six months of receipt of such
notice, of an application for a final determination regarding the
issuance of a permit for each facility submitting such notice.
"(3) In the case of any unit in which the liner and leachate
collection system has been installed pursuant to the requirements of
this section and in good faith compliance with the Administrator's
regulations and guidance documents governing liners and leachate
collection systems, no liner or leachate collection system which is
different from that which was so installed pursuant to this section
shall be required for such unit by the Administrator when issuing
the first permit under section 3005 to such facility, except that the
Administrator shall not be precluded from requiring installation of
a new liner when the Administrator has reason to believe that any
liner installed pursuant to the requirements of this section is leaking. The Administrator may, under section 3004, amend the requirements for liners and leachate collection systems required under this
section as may be necessary to provide additional protection for
human health and the environment.
"INVENTORY OF FEDERAL AGENCY MAZARDOUS WASTE FACILITIES
"Sac. 3016. (a) Each Federal agency shall undertake a continuing
program to compile, publish, and submit to the Administrator (and
to the State in the case of sites in States having an authorized
hazardous waste program) an inventory of each site which the
Federal agency owns or operates or has owned or operated at which
hazardous waste is stored. treated, or disposed of or has been
disposed of at any time. The inventory shall be submitted every two
years beginning January 31, 1986. Such inventory shall be available
to the public as provided in section 3007(b). Information previously
submitted by a Federal agency under section 103 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of
1980, or under section 3005 or 3010 of this Act, or under this section
need not be resubmitted except that the agency shall update any
previous submission to reflect the latest available data and information. The inventory shall include each of the following:
"(1) A description of the location of each site at which any
such treatment, storage, or disposal has taken place before the
date on which permits are required under section 3005 for such
storage, treatment, or disposal. and where hazardous waste has
been disposed, a description of hydrogeology of the site and the
location of withdrawal walls and surface water within one mile
of the site.
"(2) Such information relating to the amount, nature, and
toxicity of the hazardous waste in each site - may be necessary
to determine the extent of any health harard which may be
associated with any site.
"(8) Information on the known nature and extent of environmental conternination at each site, including 8 description of
the monitoring data obtained.
"(4) Information concerning the current status of the site,
including information respecting whether or not hazardous
waste is currently being tranted, stored, or disposed of at such
site (and if not, the date on which such activity cassed) and
information respecting the nature of any other activity currently carried out at such site.
of sites at which hazardous waste has been disposed
and environmental monitoring data has not been obtained, and
the reasons for the lack of monitoring data at each site.
"(6) A description of response actions undertaken or contemplated at contaminated sites.
"(7) An identification of the types of techniques of waste
treatment, storage, or disposal which have been used at each
site.
"(8) The name and address and responsible Federal agency for
each site, determined as of the date of preparation of the
inventory.
"(b) ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY PROGRAM.-If the Administrator determines that any Federal agency under subsection
(a) is not adequately providing information respecting the sites
referred to in subsection (a), the Administrator shall notify the chief
official of such agency. If within ninety days following such notification, the Federal agency has not undertaken & program to adequately
provide such information, the Administrator shall carry out the
inventory program for such agency.
"EXPORT OF HAZARDOUS WASTE
"Sec. 3017. (a) IN GENERAL-Beginning twenty-four months after
the date of enactment of the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984, no person shall export any hazardous waste identified
or listed under this subtitle unless
"(1XA) such person has provided the notification required in
subsection (c) of this section,
"(B) the government of the receiving country has consented to
accept such hazardous waste,
"(C) a copy of the receiving country's written consent is
attached to the manifest accompanying each waste shipment,
and
"(D) the shipment conforms with the terms of the consent of
the government of the receiving country required pursuant to
subsection (e), or
"(2) the United States and the government of the receiving
country have entered into an agreement as provided for in
subsection (f) and the shipment conforms with the terms of such
agreement.
"(b) REGULATIONS-Not later than twelve months after the date
of enactment of the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of
1984, the Administrator shall promulgate the regulations necessary
to implement this section. Such regulations shall become effective
one hundred and eighty days after promulgation.
"(c) NOTIFICATION-Any person who intends to export a hazardous waste identified or listed under this subtitle beginning twelve
months after the date of enactment of the Hazardous and Solid
Waste Amendments of 1984, shall. before such hazardous waste is
scheduled to leave the United States, provide notification to the
Administrator. Such notification shall contain the following information:
"(1) the name and address of the exporter,
"(2) the types and estimated quantities of hazardous waste to
be exported:
"(3) the estimated frequency or rate at which such waste is to
be exported; and the period of time over which such waste is to
be exported:
"(4) the ports of entry,
"(5) a description of the manner in which such hazardous
wants will be transported to and treated, stored, or disposed in
the receiving country; and
**(6) the name and address of the ultimate treatment, storage
or disposal facility.
"(d) PROCEDURES FOR REQUESTING CONSENT OF THE RECEIVING
COUNTRY-Within thirty days of the Administrator's receipt of a
complete notification under this section. the Secretary of State,
acting on behalf of the Administrator, shall-
"(1) forward a copy of the notification to the government of
the receiving country,
the export of hazardous waste unless the receiving country
consents to accept the hazardous waste;
"(3) request the government to provide the Secretary with a
written consent or objection to the terms of the notification: and
"(4) forward to the government of the receiving country a
description of the Federal regulations which would apply to the
treatment, storage, and disposal of the hazardous waste in the
United States.
"(e) CONVEYANCE OF WRITTEN CONSENT TO EXPORTER-Within
thirty days of receipt by the Secretary of State of the receiving
country's written consent or objection (or any subsequent communication withdrawing a prior consent or objection), the Administrator
shall forward such a consent, objection, or other communication to
the exporter.
"(f) INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS-Where there exists an internetional agreement between the United States and the government of
the receiving country establishing notice, export, and enforcement
procedures for the transportation, treatment, storage, and disposal
of hazardous wastes, only the requirements of subsections (a)(2) and
(g) shall apply.
"(g) REPORTS-After the date of enactment of the Hazardous and
Solid Waste Amendments of 1984, any person who exports any
hazardous waste identified or listed under section 3001 of this
subtitle shall file with the Administrator no later than March 1 of
each year, a report summarizing the types, quantities, frequency,
and ultimate destination of all such hazardous waste exported
during the previous calendar year.
"(b) OTHER STANDARDS-Nothing in this section shall preclude
the Administrator from establishing other standards for the export
of hazardous wastes under section 3002 or section 3003 of this
subtitle.
"DOMESTIC SEWAGE
"Sac. 3018. (a) REPORT.-The Administrator shall. not later than
15 months after the date of enactment of the Hazardous and Solid
Waste Amendments of 1984. submit a report to the Congress concerning those substances identified or listed under section 3001
which are not regulated under this subtitle by reason of the exclusion for mistures of domestic sewage and other wastes that pass
through a sewer system to a publicly owned treatment works. Such
report shall include the types, size and number of generators which
dispose of such substances in this manner, the types and quantities
disposed of in this manner, and the identification of significant
generators, wastes, and waste constituents not regulated under
existing Federal law or regulated in a manner sufficient to protect
human health and the environment.
*(b) REVISIONS OF REGULATIONS-Within eighteen months after
submitting the report specified in subsection (a), the Administrator
shall revise existing regulations and promulgate such additional
regulations pursuant to this subtitle (or any other authority of the
Administrator, including section 307 of the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act) as are necessary to assure that substances identified or
listed under section 3001 which pass through a newer system to a
publicly owned treatment works are adequately controlled to protect
human health and the environment.
"(c) REPORT or WASTEWATER LACOONS-The Administrator shall.
within thirty-six months after the date of the enactment of the
Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1964, submit a report to
Congress concerning wastewater lagoons at publicly owned treatment works and their effect on groundwater quality. Such report
shall include-
"(1) the number and size of such lagoons:
"(2) the types and quantities of wants contained in such
ingoons;
((3) the extent to which such waste has been or may be
released from such lagoone and contaminate ground water, and
"(4) available alternatives for preventing or controlling such
releases.
The Administrator may utilize the authority of sections 3007 and
3013 for the purpose of completing such report.
Published by THE BUREAU OF NATIONAL AFFAIRS, INC., Washington D.C. 20037
"(d) APPLICATION OF SECTION 3010 AND SECTION 3007.-The provisions of sections 3007 and 3010 shall apply to solid or dissolved
materials in domestic sewage to the same extent and in the same
manner as such provisions apply to hazardous waste.
"EXPOSURE INFORMATION AND HEALTH ASSESSMENTS
"Sac. 3019. (a) EXPOSURE INFORMATION-Beginning on the date
nine months after the enactment of the Hazardous and Solid Waste
Amendments of 1984. each application for a final determination
regarding a permit under section 3005(c) for a landfill or surface
impoundment shall be accompanied by information reasonably ascertainable by the owner or operator on the potential for the public
to be exposed to hazardous wastes or hazardous constituents
through releases related to the unit. At a minimum, such information must address:
"(1) reasonably foreseeable potential releases from both
normal operations and accidents at the unit, including releases
associated with transportation to or from the unit;
"(2) the potential pathways of buman exposure to hazardous
wastes or constituents resulting from the releases described
under paragraph (1); and
"(8) the potential magnitude and nature of the human exposure resulting from such releases.
The owner or operator of a landfill or surface impoundment for
which an application for such a final determination under section
3005(c) has been submitted prior to the date of enactment of the
Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 shall submit the
information required by this subsection to the Administrator (or the
State, in the case of a State with an authorized program) DO later
than the date nine months after such date of enactment.
"(b) HEALTH ASSESSMENTS.-(1) The Administrator (or the State, in
the case of & State with an authorized program) shall make the
information required by subsection (a), together with other relevant
information, available to the Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry established by section 104(i) of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980.
"(2) Whenever in the judgment of the Administrator, or the State
(in the case of a State with an authorized program), a landfill or a
surface impoundment poses a substantial potential risk to human
health, due to the existence of releases of hazardous constituents,
the magnitude of contamination with hazardous constituents which
may be the result of a release, or the magnitude of the population
exposed to such release or contamination, the Administrator or the
State (with the concurrence of the Administrator) may request the
Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease
Registry to conduct a health assessment in connection with such
facility and take other appropriate action with respect to such risks
as authorized by section 104 (b) and (i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980. If
funds are provided in connection with such request the Administrator of such Agency shall conduct such health assessment.
"(c) Memores OF THE PUBLIC-Any member of the public may
submit evidence of releases of or exposure to hazardous constituents
from such a facility, or as to the risks or health effects associated
with such releases or exposure, to the Administrator of the Agency
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, the Administrator, or the
State (in the case of a State with an authorised program).
"(d) PRIORITY.-In determining the order in which to conduct
health assessments under this subsection, the Administrator of the
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry shall give priority
to those facilities or sites at which there is documented evidence of
release of hazardous constituents, at which the potential risk to
human health appears highest, and for which in the judgment of the
Administrator of such Agency existing health assessment data is
inadequate to assess the potential risk to human health as provided
in subsection (f).
"(e) PERIODIC REPORTS-The Administrator of such Agency shall
issue periodic reports which include the results of all the assessments carried out under this section. Such assessments or other
activities shall be reported after appropriate peer review.
"(f) DEPINITION.-For the purposes of this section, the term health
assessments' shall include preliminary assessments of the potential
risk to human health posed by individual sites and facilities subject
to this section, based on such factors as the nature and extent of
contamination, the existence of potential for pathways of human
exposure (including ground or surface water contemination, air
emissions, and food chain contamination), the size and potential
susceptibility of the community within the likely pathways of exposure, the comparison of expected human exposure levels to the
short-term and long-term health effects associated with identified
contaminants and any available recommended exposure or toler.
ance limits for such contaminants, and the comparison of existing
morbidity and mortality data on diseases that may be amoriated
with the observed levels of exposure. The assessment shall include
an evaluation of the risks to the potentially affected population from
all sources of such contaminants, including known point or nonpoint
sources other than the site or facility in question. A purpose of such
preliminary assessments shall be to help determine whether fullscale health or epidemiological studies and medical evaluations of
exposed populations shall be undertaken.
"(g) COST RECOVERY.-In any case in which a health assessment
performed under this section discloses the exposure of a population
to the release of a hazardous substance, the costs of such health
assessment may be recovered as a cost of response under section 107
of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act of 1980 from persons causing or contributing to such
release of such hazardous substance or, in the case of multiple
releases contributing to such exposure, to all such release.".
"Subtitle D-State or Regional Solid Waste Plans
"Objectives of Subtitle
"Sec. 4001. The objectives of this subtitle are to assist
in developing and encouraging methods for the disposal
of solid waste which are environmentally sound and
which maximize the utilization of valuable resources including energy and materials which are recoverable
from solid waste and to encourage resource conservation. Such objectives are to be accomplished through
Federal technical and financial assistance to States or
regional authorities for comprehensive planning pursuant to Federal guidelines designed to foster cooperation among Federal, State, and local governments and
private industry. In developing such comprehensive
plans, it is the intention of this Act that in determining
the size of the waste-to-energy facility, adequate provision shall be given to the present and reasonably anticipate future needs, including those needs created by
thorough implementation of section 6002(h), of the recycling and resource recovery interest within the area
encompassed by the planning process.
(400) amended by PL 96-482; PL 98-616]
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Subtitulo G
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 7003 (Imminent Hazard)
S-722
71:3151
"(g) TRANSPORTERS.-A transporter shall not be deemed to have
contributed or to be contributing to the handling. storage, treatment, or disposal, referred to in subsection (aX1)(B) taking place
after such solid waste or hazardous waste has left the possession or
control of such transporter, if the transportation of such waste was
under a sole contractual arrangement arising from a published
tariff and acceptance for carriage by common carrier by rail and
such transporter has exercised due care in the past or present
handling. storage, treatment, transportation and disposal of such
waste.
(7002(g) added by PL 98-616]
"Imminent Hazard
"Sec. 7003. (a) Authority of Administrator.-Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, upon
receipt of evidence that the past or present handling,
storage, treatment, transportation or disposal of any
solid waste or hazardous waste may present an imminent
and substantial endangerment to health or the environment, the Administrator may bring suit on behalf of the
United States in the appropriate district court against
any person (including any past or present generator, past
or present transporter, or past or present owner or
operator of a treatment, storage or disposal facility) who
has contributed or who is contributing to such handling,
storage, treatment, transportation or disposal to restrain
such person from such handling. storage, treatment,
transportation, or disposal to order such person to take
such other action as may be necessary, or both. A
transporter shall not be deemed to have contributed or to
be contributing to such handling, storage, treatment, or
disposal taking place after such solid waste or hazardous
waste has left the possession or control of such transporter if the transportation of such waste was under a sole
contractural arrangement arising from a published tariff
and acceptance for carriage by common carrier by rail
and such transporter has exercised due care in the past
or present handling, storage, treatment, transportation
and disposal of such waste. The Administrator shall
provide notice to the affected State of any such suit. The
Administrator may also, after notice to the affected
State, take other action under this section including, but
not limited to, Issuing such orders as may be necessary to
protect public health and the environment.
[7003(a) designated and amended by PL 96-482;
amended by PL 98-616]
"(b) Violations.-Any person who willfully violates,
or fails or refuses to comply with, any order of the Administrator under subsection (a) may, in an action
brought in the appropriate United States district court
to enforce such order, be fined not more than $5,000 for
each day in which such violation occurs or such failure
to comply continues.
[7003(b) added by PL 96-482]
"(c) IMMEDIATE Nonce-Upon receipt of information that there is
hazardous waste at any site which has presented an imminent and
substantial endangerment to human health or the environment. the
Administrator shall provide immediate notice to the appropriate
local government agencies. In addition, the Administrator shall
require notice of such endangerment to be promptly posted at the
site where the waste is located.
(7003(c) added by PL 98-616]
"(d) PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN SETTLEMENTE-Whenever the
United States or the Administrator proposes to covenant not to sue
or to forbear from suit or to settle any claim arising under this
section, notice, and opportunity for a public meeting in the affected
area, and a reasonable opportunity to comment on the proposed
settlement prior to its final entry shall be afforded to the public. The
decision of the United States or the Administrator to enter into or
not to enter into such Consent Decree, covenant or agreement shall
not constitute a final agency action subject to judicial review under
this Act or the Administrative Procedure Act.
[7003(d) added by PL 98-616]
"Petition for Regulations; Public Participation
"Sec. 7004. (a) Petition.-Any person may petition
the Administrator for the promulgation, amendment,
or repeal of any regulation under this Act. Within a
reasonable time following receipt of such petition, the
Administrator shall take action with respect to such
petition and shall publish notice of such action in the
Federal Register together with the reasons therefor.
"(b)(1) Public Participation.-Public participation
in the development, revision, implementation, and enforcement of any regulation, guideline, information, or
program under this Act shall be provided for, encouraged, and assisted by the Administrator and the States.
The Administrator, in cooperation with the States, shall
develop and publish minimum guidelines for public participation in such processes.
[7004(b)(1) designated by PL 96-482]
"(2) Before the issuing of a permit to any person with
any respect to any facility for the treatment, storage, or
disposal of hazardous wastes under section 3005, the
Administrator shall-
"(A) cause to be published in major local newspapers
of general circulation and broadcast over local radio
stations notice of the agency's intention to issue such
permit, and
"(B) transmit in writing notice of the agency's intention to issue such permit to each unit of local government having jurisdiction over the area in which such
facility if proposed to be located and to each State agency having any authority under State law with respect to
the construction or operation of such facility.
If within 45 days the Administrator receives written
notice of opposition to the agency's intention to issue
such permit and a request for a hearing, or if the Administrator determines on his own initiative, he shall
hold an informal public hearing (including an opportu-
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40 CFR Parte 112
Oil Pollution Prevention
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY REGULATIONS
ON OIL POLLUTION PREVENTION
(40 CFR 112; 38 FR 34164, December 11, 1973; Amended by 39 FR 31602,
August 29, 1974; 41 FR 12657, March 26, 1976)
PART 112-OIL POLLUTION PREVENTION
Non-transportation Related Onshore and
Offshore Facilities
AUTHORITY: Secs. 311 (j) (1) (c). $11(j) (2).
501(a). Federal Water Pollution Control Act
(Sen. 2. Pub. L 92-500, 86 Stat. 810 et seq.
(83 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.)): Sec. 4(b). Pub. L
92-500, 06 Stat. 697; 5 U.S.C. Reorg. Plan of
1970 No. 3 (1070). $5 PR 16623, 3 CPR 1966-
1970 Comp.; E.O. 11735. as PR 21243. 3 CFR.
I 112.1 General applicability.
(a) This part establishes procedures.
methods and equipment and other requirements for equipment to prevent the
discharge of oil from non-transportstion-related onshore and offshore facillties into or upon the navigable waters of
the United States or adjoining shorelines.
(b) Except as provided in paragraph
(d) of this section, this part applies to
owners or operators of non-transportstion-related onshore and offahore facilities engaged in drilling. producing. gathering. storing. processing, refining.
transferring. distributing or consuming
oil and off products, and which, due to
their location, could reasonably be expected to discharge off in harmful quantitles. as defined in Part 110 of this chapter, into or upon the navigable waters of
the United States or adjoining shorelines.
(c) As provided in sec. 313 (86 Stat.
875) departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the Federal government
are subject to these regulations to the
same extent M any person, except for the
provisions of I 112.6.
(d) This part does not apply to:
(1) Facilities, equipment or operations
which are not subject to the jurisdiction
of the Environmental Protection Agency,
as follows:
(A) onshore and offshore facilities.
which, due to their location, could not
reasonably be expected to discharge off
into or upon the navigable waters of
the United States or adjoining shorelines. This determination shall be based
solely upon a consideration of the geographical. locational aspects of the facility (such as proximity to navigable
waters or adjoining shorelines, land contour, drainage. etc.) and shall exclude
consideration of manmade features such
as dikes, equipment or other structures
which may serve to restrain, hinder. contain. or otherwise prevent a discharge of
of from reaching navigable waters of the
United States or adjoining shorelines:
and
(B) equipment or operations of vessels
or transportation-related onshore and
offshore facilities which are subject to
authority and control of the Department
of Transportation, as defined in the
Memorandum of Understanding between
the Secretary of Transportation and the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, dated November 24, 1971,
36 FR 24000.
(2) those facilities which, although
otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of
the Environmental Protection Agency.
meet both of the following requirements:
(A) the underground burled storage
capacity of the facility is 42,000 gallons
or less of all, and
(B) the storage capacity, which is not
buried, of the facility is 1,320 gallons
or less of oil, provided no single container
has a capacity in excess of 660 gallons.
[41 FR 12657, March 26. 1976]
(e) This part provides for the preparation and implementation of Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure
Plans prepared in accordance with
1 112.7, designed to complement existing
laws, regulations, rules. standards, policlas and procedures pertaining to safety
standards. fire prevention and pollution
prevention rules. so as to form a comprehensive balanced Federal/State spill prevention program to minimine the potential for off discharges. Compliance with
this part does not in any way relieve the
owner or operator of an onshore or an
effshore facility from compliance with
other Federal. State or local laws.
I 112.3 Definitions.
For the purposes of this part:
(a) "Ou" means oil of any kind or to
any form, including. but not limited to
petroleum. fuel oil, sludge. off refuse and
oil mixed with wastes other than dredged
spoil.
(b) "Discharge" includes but is not
limited to, any spilling. leaking. pump-
Ing. pouring. smitting. emptying or
dumping. For purposes of this part, the
term "discharge" shall not include any
discharge of of) which is authorised by
a permit issued pursuant to Section 13
of the River and Harbor Act of 1899 (30
Stat. 1121, 33 U.S.C. 407), or Sections 402
or 405 of the FWPCA Amendments of
1972 (86 Stat. 816 et seq., 33 U.S.C. 1251
ct seq.).
(c) "Onshore facility" means any
facility of any kind located in on. or
under any land within the United States,
other than submerged lands, which is
not a transportation-related facility.
(d) "Offshore facility" means any
facility of any kind located in on, or
under any of the navigable waters of
the United States, which is not a transportation-related facility.
(e) "Owner or operator" means any
person owning or operating an onshore
facility or an offahore facility, and in the
case of any abandoned offshore facility,
the person who owned or operated such
facility immediately prior to such abandonment.
(f) "Person" includes an individual.
firm, corporation, association, and a
partnership.
(g) "Regional Administrator", means
the Regional Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. or his
designee, in and for the Region in which
the facility is located.
(h) "Transportation-related" and
"non-transportation-related" as applied to an onshore or offshore facility.
are defined in the Memorandum of
Understanding between the Secretary
of Transportation and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency, dated November 24, 1971. 36 PR
24080.
(1) "Spill event" means a discharge of
all into or upon the navigable waters of
the United States or adjoining shoralines
in harmful quantities, as defined at 40
CFR Part 110.
(j) "United States" means the States,
the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone,
Guam. American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the
Pacific Islands.
(k) The term "navigable waters" of
the United States means "navigable
waters" as defined in section 502(7) of
the PWPCA, and includes:
(1) all navigable waters of the United
States, as defined in judicial decisions
prior to passage of the 1972 Amendments
to the FWPCA (Pub. L. 93-500), and
tributaries of such waters:
(3) interstate waters:
(3) intrastate lakes, rivers, and
streams which are utilized by interstate
travelers for recreational or other purposse; and
(4) intrastate lakes, rivers. and
streams from which fish or shellfish are
taken and sold in interstate commerce.
(1) "Vessal" means every description
of watercraft or other artificial contriv-
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(Sec. 112.2(I)
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ance used. or capable of being used as
a means of transportation on water,
other than a public vessel.
$ 112.3 Requirements for preparation
and implementation of Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure
Pleas.
(a) Owners or operators of onshore
and offshore facilities in operation on or
before the effective date of this part that
have discharged or, due to their location. could reasonably be expected to
discharge oil in harmful quantities, as
defined in 40 CPR Part 110, into or upon
the navigable waters of the United States
or adjoining shorelines, shall prepare a
Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure Plan (hereinafter "SPCC
Plan"), in writing and in accordance with
section 112.7. Except as provided for in
paragraph (f) of this section, such SPCC
Plan shall be prepared within six months
after the effective date of this part and
shall be fully implemented as soon as
possible, but not later than one year after
the effective date of this part.
[4] FR 12657, March 26. 1976]
(b) Owners or operators of onshore
and offshore facilities that become operational after the effective date of this
part, and that have discharged or could
reasonably be expected to discharge oil
in harmful quantities. as defined in 40
CFR Part 110, into or upon the navigable
waters of the United States or adjoining
shorelines, shall prepare an SPCC Plan
in accordance with 112.7. Except as
provided for in paragraph (f) of this section, such SPCC Plan shall be prepared
within six months after the date such
facility begins operations and shall be
fully implemented as soon as possible.
but not later than one year after such
facility begins operations.
(c) Owners or operators of onshore
and offshore mobile or portable facilities,
such as onshore drilling or workover rigs.
barge mounted offshore drilling or workover rigs. and portable fueling facilities
shall prepare and implement an SPCC
Plan as required by paragraphs (a), (b)
and (d) of this section. The owners or
operators of such facility need not prepare a new SPCC Plan each time the
facility is moved to a new site. The SPCC
Plan may be a general plan. prepared in
accordance with section 112.7, using good
engineering practice. When the mobile or
portable facility is moved, R must be 10-
cated and installed using the spill prevention practices outlined in the SPCC
Plan for the facility. No mobile or portable facility subject to this regulation
shall operate unless the SPCC Plan has
been implemented. The SPCC Plan shall
only apply while the facility is in a fixed
(non-transportation) operating mode.
141 FR 12657, March 26, 19761
(d) No SPCC Plan shall be effective
to satisfy the requirements of this part
unless it has been reviewed by & Registared Professional Engineer and certified to by such Professional Engineer.
By means of this certification the angineer, having examined the facility and
being familiar with the provisions of this
part, shall attest that the SPCC Plan has
been prepared in accordance with good
engineering practices. Such certification
shall in no way relieve the owner or operator of an onshore or offshore facility
of his duty to prepare and fully implement such Plan in accordance with
112.7. as required by paragraphs (a),
(b) and (c) of this section.
(e) Owners or operators of a facility
for which an SPCC Plan is required pursuant to paragraphs (a), (b) or (c) of
this section shall maintain a complete
copy of the Plan at such facility if the
facility is normally attended at least 8
hours per day, or at the nearest field
office if the facility is not so attended.
and shall make such Plan available to
the Regional Administrator for on-site
review during normal working hours.
(f) Extensions of time.
(1) The Regional Administrator may
authorize an extension of time for the
preparation and full implementation of
an SPCC Plan beyond the time permitted
for the preparation and implementation
of an SPCC Plan pursuant to paragraphs
(a), (b) or (c) of this section where be
finds that the owner or operator of a
facility subject to paragraphs (a), (b)
or (c) of this section cannot fully comply with the requirements of this part
as a result of either nonavailability of
qualified personnel. or delays in construction or equipment delivery beyond
the control and without the fault of such
owner or operator or their respective
agents or employees.
(2) Any owner or operator seeking an
extension of time pursuant to paragraph
(f) (1) of this section may submit a letter
of request to the Regional Administrator.
Such letter shall include:
(i) A complete copy of the SPCC Plan.
If completed:
(ii) A full explanation of the cause for
any such delay and the specific aspects
of the SPCC Plan affected by the delay:
(iii) A full discussion of actions being
taken or contemplated to minimize or
mitigate such delay:
(iv) A proposed time schedule for the
implementation of any corrective actions
being taken or contemplated. including
interim dates for completion of tests or
studies. installation and operation of any
necessary equipment or other preventive
measures.
In addition. such owner or operator may
present additional oral or written statements in support of his letter of request.
(3) The submission of a letter of request for extension of time pursuant to
paragraph (f) (2) of this section shall in
no way relieve the owner or operator
from his obligation to comply with the
requirements of 112.3 (a), (b) or (c).
Where an extension of time is authorised
by the Regional Administrator for particular equipment or other specific aspacts of the SPOC Plan, such extension
shall in no way affect the owner's or operator's obligation to comply with the
requirements of I 112.3 (a), (b) or (c)
with respect to other equipment or other
specific aspects of the SPCC Plan for
which an extension of time has not been
expressly authorised.
112.4 Amendment of SPCC Plane by
Regional Administrator.
(a) Notwithstanding compliance with
I 112.3, whenever a facility subject to
1 112.3 (a), (b) or (c) has: Discharged
more than 1,000 U.S. gallons of oil into
or upon the navigable waters of the
United States or adjoining shorelines in
a single spill event, or discharged oil in
harmful quantities, as defined in 40 CFR
Part 110, into or upon the navigable
waters of the United States or adjoining
shorelines in two spill events, reportable
under section 311(b)(5) of the PWPCA.
occurring within any twelve month period, the owner or operator of such facility shall submit to the Regional Administrator, within 60 days from the time
such facility becomes subject to this section, the following:
(1) Name of the facility:
(2) Name(s) of the owner or operator
of the facility:
(3) Location of the facility:
(4) Date and year of initial facility
operation;
(5) Maximum storage or handling capacity of the facility and normal daily
throughput;
(6) Description of the facility, including maps, flow diagrams, and topographical maps:
(7) A complete copy of the SPCC Plan
with any amendments;
(8) The cause(s) of such spill, including a failure analysis of system or subsystem in which the failure occurred;
(9) The corrective actions and/or
countermeasures taken. including an
adequate description of equipment repairs and/or replacements;
(10) Additional preventive measures
taken or contemplated to minimize the
possibility of recurrence;
(11) Such other information as the
Regional Administrator may reasonably
require pertinent to the Plan or spill
event.
(b) Section 112.4 shall not apply until
the expiration of the time permitted for
the preparation and implementation of
an SPCC Plan pursuant to 5 112.3 (a),
(b). (c) and (f).
(c) A complete copy of all information
provided to the Regional Administrator
pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section
shall be sent at the same time to the
State agency in charge of water pollution control activities in and for the
State in which the facility is located.
Upon receipt of such information such
State agency may conduct a review and
make recommendations to the Regional
Administrator as to further procedures,
methods. equipment and other requirements for equipment necessary to prevent and to contain discharges of oil
from such facility.
(d) After review of the SPCC Plan for
a facility subject to paragraph (a) of
this section. together with all other the
formation submitted by the owner or
operator of such facility. and by the
State agency under paragraph (c) of
this section, the Regional Administrator may require the owner or operator
of such facility to amend the SPCC Plan
If he finds that the Plan does not meet
the requirements of this part or that
the amendment of the Plan is neces-
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sary to prevent and to contain discharges
of oil from such facility.
(e) When the Regional Administrator proposes to require an amendment to
the SPCC Plan, be shall notify the facility operator by certified mail addressed
to, or by personal delivery to, the facility
owner or operator. that he proposes to
require an amendment to the Plan. and
shall specify the terms of such amendment. If the facility owner or operator is $ corporation. a copy of such
notice shall also be mailed to the registered agent, if any, of such corporation
in the State where such facility is 10-
cated. Within 30 days from receipt of
such notice, the facility owner or operator may submit written information,
views, and arguments on the amendment.
After considering all relevant material
presented the Regional Administrator
shall notify the facility owner or operator of any amendment required or shall
rescind the notice. The amendment required by the Regional Administrator
shall become part of the Plan 30 days
after such notice, unless the Regional
Administrator, for good cause, shall
specify another effective date. The owner
or operator of the facility shall implement the amendment of the Plan as soon
as possible, but not later than six
months after the amendment becomes
part of the Plan, unless the Regional Administrator specifies another date.
(f) An owner or operator may appeal
a decision made by the Regional Administrator requiring an amendment to an
SPCC Plan. The appeal shall be made to
the Administrator of the United States
Environmental Protection Agency and
must be made in writing within 30 days
of receipt of the notice from the Regional
Administrator requiring the amendment.
A complete copy of the appeal must be
sent to the Regional Administrator at the
time the appeal is made. The appeal shall
contain a clear and concise statement of
the issues and points of fact in the case.
It may also contain additional information from the owner or operator, or from
any other person. The Administrator or
his designee may request additional information from the owner or operator,
or from any other person. The Administrator or his designee shall render a decision within 60 davs of receiving the appeal and shall notify the owner or operstor of his decision.
141 FR 12657, March 26, 19761
$ 112.5 Amendment of Spill Prevention
Control and Countermeasure Plane by
owners or operators.
and operators of facilities subject to
112.3 (a), (b) or (c) shall complete a
review and evaluation of the SPCC Plan
at least once every three years from the
date such facility becomes subject to this
part. As a result of this review and evalustion. the owner or operator shall
amend the SPCC Plan within six months
of the review to include more effective
prevention and coptrol technology if:
(1) Such technology will significantly
reduce the likelihood of a spill event
from the facility. and (2) if such technology has been field-proven at the time
of the review.
(a) Owners or operators of facilities
subject to 1123 (a), (b) or (c) shall
amend the SPCC Plan for such facility
in accordance with I 112.7 whenever
there is a change to facility design, construction, operation or maintenance
which materially affects the facility's
potential for the discharge of off into or
upon the navigable waters of the United
States or adjoining shorelines. Such
amendments shall be fully implemented
as soon as possible, but not later than
six months after such change occurs.
(c) No amendment to an SPCC Plan
shall be effective to satisfy the requirements of this section unless It has been
certified by a Professional Engineer in
accordance with 1 112.3(d).
(b) Notwithstanding compliance with
paragraph (a) of this section, owners
I 112.6 Civil penalties for violation of
Oil Pollution Prevention Regulations.
Owners or operators of facilities subject to 112.3(a), (b) or (c) who violate
the requirements of this Part 112 by
failing -T refusing to comply with any of
the provisions of 112.3, I 112.4 or
1 112.5 shall be liable for a civil penalty of
not more than $5,000 for each day such
violation continues. Civil penalties shall
be imposed in accordance with procedures set out in Part 114 of this subchapter D.
6 112.7 Guidelines for the preparation
and implementation of a Spill Provention Control and Countermensure
Plan.
The SPCC Plan shall be a carefully
thought-out plan. prepared in accordance
with good engineering practices, and
which has the full approval of management at a level with authority to commit the necessary resources. If the plan
calls for additional facilities or procedures, methods, or equipment not yet
fully operational. these Items should be
discussed in separate paragraphs, and
the details of installation and opera-
Monal start-up should be explained separately. The complete SPCC Plan shall
follow the asquence outlined below, and
include a discussion of the facility's conformance with the appropriate guidelines
listed:
(a) A facility which has experienced
one or more spill events within twelve
months prior to the effective date of this
part should include a written description of each such spill, corrective action
taken and plans for preventing
recurrence.
(b) Where experience indicates a reasonable potential for equipment failure
(such M tank overflow. rupture, or lookage), the plan should include a prediction of the direction, rate of flow, and
total quantity of all which could be discharged from the facility as a result of
each major type of failure.
systems or its equivalent should be
used as a minimum:
(c) Appropriate containment and/or
diversionary structures or equipment to
prevent discharged all from reaching a
navigable water course should be provided. One of the following preventive
(1) Onsbore facilities
(1) Dikes, berms or retaining walls
sufficiently impervious to contain spilled
all
(ii) Curbing
(iii) Culverting. gutters or other
drainage systems
(iv) Weirs, booms or other barriers
(v) Spill diversion ponds
(vi) Retention ponds
(vii) Sorbent materials
(2) Offshore facilities.
(1) Curbing, drip pans
(ii) Sumps and collection systems
(d) When It is determined that the
installation of structures or equipment
listed in I 112.7(c) to prevent discharged
oil from reaching the navigable waters
is not practicable from any onshore or
offshore facility, the owner or operator
should clearly demonstrate such impracticability and provide the following:
(1) A strong off spill contingency plan
following the provision of 40 CPR Part
109.
(2) A written commitment of manpower. equipment and materials required to expeditiously control and remove any harmful quantity of oil discharged.
(e) In addition to the minimal prevention standards listed under 112.7
(e), sections of the Plan should include
a complete discussion of conformance
with the following applicable guidelines,
other effective spill prevention and containment procedures (or, if more stringent, with State rules. regulations and
guidelines)
(1) Facility drainage (oushore) (excluding production facilities). (1) Drainage from diked storage areas should be
restrained by valves or other positive
means to prevent a spill or other excessive leakage of oil into the drainage aysterm or implant effusent treatment eyeterm, except where plan systems are designed to handle such leakage. Diked
areas may be emptied by pumps or electors: however, these should be manually
activated and the condition of the secumulation should be examined before
starting to be sure no off will be discharged into the water.
(11) Plapper-type drain valves should
not be used to drain dised areas. Valves
used for the drainage of diked areas
should, as far as practical, be of manmal, apen-and-closed design. When
plant drainage drains directly into
water courses and not into wastewater
treatment plants. retained storm water
should be inspected as provided to paragraph (e) (3) (iii) (B, c and D) before
drainage.
(iii) Plant drainage systems from undiked areas should. If possible, flow into
ponds. Ingoons or eatchment basins. designed to retain off or return it to the
facility. Catchment basins should not be
located to areas subject to periodic
Rooding.
(iv) If plant drainage is not ongineered as above, the final discharge of
all in-plant disches should be equipped
with a diversion system that could. in
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the event of an uncontrolled spill. return
the all to the plant.
(v) Where drainage waters are treated
in more than one treatment unit, natural hydraulic flow should be used. If
pump transfer is needed, two "Wt"
pumps should be provided. and at least
one of the pumps should be permanently
installed when such treatment is continuous. In any event, whatever techniques are used facility drainage systems
should be adequately engineered to prevent oil from reaching navigable waters
in the event of equipment failure or
human error at the facility.
(2) Bulk storage tanks (onshore) (excluding production facilities). (1) No
tank should be used for the storage of
oil unless its material and construction
are compatible with the material stored
and conditions of storage such as pressure and temperature. etc.
(ii) All bulk storage tank installations
should be constructed so that a secondary means of containment is provided for
the entire contents of the largest single
tank plus sufficient freeboard to allow
for precipitation. Diked areas should be
sufficiently impervious to contain spilled
off. Dikes, containment curbs, and pits
are commonly employed for this purpose,
but they may not always be appropriate.
An alternative system could consist of a
complete drainage trench enclosure arranged an that & spill could terminate
and be safely confined in an in-plant
catchment basin or holding pond.
(iii) Drainage of rainwater from the
diked area into a storm drain or an effiuent discharge that empties into an open
water course, lake. or pond, and bypassing the in-plant treatment system may
be acceptable If:
(A) The bypass valve is normally
sealed closed.
(B) Inspection of the run-off rain
water ensures compliance with applicable water quality standards and will
not cause a harmful discharge as defined
in 40 CFR 110.
(C) The bypass valve is opened. and
resealed following drainage under responsible supervision.
(D) Adequate records are kept of
such events.
(iv) Burled metallic storage tanks represent a potential for undetected spills.
A new burled installation should be protected from corrosion by coatings,
eathodic protection or other effective
methods compatible with local soil conditions. Such buried tanks should at least
be subjected to regular pressure testing.
(v) Partially buried metallic tanks for
the storage of oil should be avoided, unless the buried section of the shell is adequately coated. since partial burial in
damp earth can cause rapid corrosion of
metallic surfaces, especially at the earth/
air interface.
(vi) Aboveground tanks should be
subject to periodic integrity testing, taking into account tank design (floating
roof, etc.) and using such techniques as
hydrostatic testing. visual inspection or a
system of non-destructive shell thickness
testing. Comparison records should be
kept where appropriate, and tank supports and foundations should be ineluded in these inspections. In addition,
the outside of the tank should frequently be observed by operating personnet for signs of deterioration, leaks
which might cause & spill, or accumulation of off Inside diked areas.
(vii) To control leakage through defective internal heating colls, the following factors should be considered and
applied. M appropriate.
(A) The steam return or exhaust lines
from internal heating colls which discharge into an open water course should
be monitored for contamination, or
passed through a settling tank, skimmer,
or other separation or retention system.
(B) The feasibility of installing an extermal heating system should also be considered.
(viii) New and old tank installations
should. as far as practical, be fail-safe
engineered or updated into a fail-safe
engineered installation to avoid spills.
Consideration should be given to providing one or more of the following devices:
(A) High liquid level alarms with an
audible or visual signal at a constantly
manned operation or surveillance sta-
Mon: in smaller plants an audible air
vent may suffice.
(B) Considering size and complexity
of the facility, high liquid level pump
cutoff devices set to stop flow at a predetermined tank content level.
(C) Direct audible or code signal communication between the tank gauger and
the pumping station.
(D) A fast response system for determining the liquid level of each bulk storage tank such as digital computers, telepulse, or direct vision gauges or their
equivalent.
(E) Liquid level sensing devices should
be regularly tested to insure proper
operation.
(ix) Plant effuents which are discharged into navigable waters should
have disposal facilities observed frequently enough to detect possible system
upsets that could cause an off spill event.
(x) Visible oil leaks which result in a
loss of oil from tank seams, gaskets, rivets
and bolts sufficiently large to cause the
accumulation of of) in diked areas should
be promptly corrected.
(xi) Mobile or portable oil storage
tanks (onshore) should be positioned or
located so as to prevent spülled all from
reaching navigable waters. A secondary
means of containment, such M dikes or
eatchment basins, should be furnished
for the largest single compartment or
tank. These facilities should be located
where they will not be subject to periodic
flooding or washout.
(3) Factlity transfer operations, pump-
Ing, and in-wient process (onshore) (excluding production facilities). (1) Buried
piping installations should have a protective wrapping and coating and should
be cathodically protected if soil conditions warrant. If a section of burled line
is exposed for any reason. it should be
carefully examined for deterioration. If
corrosion damage is found, additional
examination and corrective action should
be taken as indicated by the magnitude
of the damage. An alternative would be
the more frequent Use of exposed pipe
corridors or galleries.
(M) When a pipeline is not in service.
or in standby service for an extended
time the terminal connection at the
transfer point should be capped or
blank-fianged, and marked as to origin.
(iii) Pipe supports should be properly
designed to minimise abrasion and corrosion and allow for expansion and contraction.
(iv) AB aboveground valves and pipelines should be subjected to regular examinations by operating personnel at
which time the general condition of
items. such as fiange joints, expansion
joints, valve glands and bodies, eatch
pans, pipeline supports, locking of valves.
and metal surfaces should be assessed. In
addition, periodic pressure testing may
be warranted for piping in areas where
facility drainage is such that a failure
might lead to a spill event.
(v) Vehicular traffic granted entry into
the facility should be warned verbally
or by appropriate signs to be sure that
the vehicle. because of its size, will not
endanger above ground piping.
(4) Facility tank car and tank truck
loading/unloading rack (onshore). (1)
Tank car and tank truck loading/unloading procedures should meet the minimum requirements and regulation established by the Department of Transportation
(ii) Where rack area drainage does
not flow into a catchment basin or treatment facility designed to handle spills, &
quick drainage system should be used for
tank truck loading and unloading areas.
The containment system should be designed to hold at least maximum capacity
of any single compartment of a tank car
or tank truck loaded or unloaded in the
plant.
(iii) An interlocked warning light or
physical barrier system. or warning
signs, should be provided in loading/unloading areas to prevent vehicular departure before complete disconnect of
flexible or fixed transfer lines.
(lv) Prior to filling and departure of
any tank car or tank truck, the lowermost drain and all outlets of such vehicles should be closely examined for
leakage. and if necessary, tightened. adjusted. or replaced to prevent Hould
leakage while to transit.
(5) os production facilities (onshore).
(1) Definition. An enshore production facility may include all wells, flowlines,
separation equipment. storage facilities,
gathering lines, and auxiliary non-transportation-related equipment and facillties in a single geographical oil or gas
field operated by a single operator.
(ii) on production facility (onshore)
drainage. (A) At tank batteries and cantral treating stations where an accldental discharge of oil would have a
reasonable possibility of reaching Davigable waters, the dikes or equivalent required under 1 112.7(c) (1) should have
drains closed and sealed at all times
except when rainwater is being drained.
Prior to drainage, the diked area should
be inspected as provided to paragraph
(e) (2) (iii) (B), C), and (D). Accumulated oil on the rainwater should be
picked up and returned to storage or disposed of in accordance with approved
methods.
(B) Field drainage ditches, road
ditches. and oil traps, sumps or skimmers, if such exist, should be inspected
at regularly scheduled intervals for accumulation of off that may have occuped
from small leaks Any such accumulations should be removed.
(iii) Oil production facility (onshore)
bulk storege tanks. (A) No tank should
be used for the storage of all unless its
material and construction are compatibis with the material stored and the
conditions of storage.
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(B) All tank battery and central treatthe plant installations should be provided
with a accondary means of containment
for the entire contents of the largest single tank if feasible, or alternate systems
such as those outlined in I 112.7(c) (1).
Drainage from undiked areas should be
safely confined in a catchment basin or
holding pond.
(C) All tanks containing oil should be
visually examined by a competent person for condition and need for maintenance on a scheduled periodic basis.
Such examination should include the
foundation and supports of tanks that
are above the surface of the ground.
(D) New and old tank battery installations should, as far as practical. be failsafe engineered or updated into a failsafe engineered installation to prevent
spills. Consideration should be given to
one or more of the following:
(1) Adequate tank capacity to assure
that a tank will not overfill should a
pumper/gauger be delayed in making his
regular rounds.
(2) Overflow equalizing lines between
tanks so that & full tank can overflow to
an adjacent tank.
(3) Adequate vacuum protection to
prevent tank collapse during a pipeline
run.
(6) High level sensors to generate and
transmit an alarm signal to the computer
where facilities are a part of a computer
production control system.
(iv) Facility transfer operations, oil
production facility (onshore). (A) All
above ground valves and pipelines should
be examined periodically on a scheduled
basis for general condition of Items such
as fiange joints, valve glands and bodies,
drip pans. pipeline supports, pumping
well polish rod stuffing boxes, bleeder and
gauge valves.
(B) Balt water (oil field brine) disposal facilities should be examined often,
particularly following a sudden change in
atmospheric temperature to detect possible system upsets that could cause an
on discharge.
(C) Production facilities should have
a program of flowline maintenance to
prevent spills from this source. The program should include periodic examinetions, corrosion protection, flowline replacement, and adequate records, as appropriate, for the individual facility.
(6) Off drilling and morkover facilities
(onshore) (1) Mobile drilling or workover
equipment should be positioned or 10-
cated so as to prevent spilled oil from
reaching navigable waters.
(ii) Depending on the location, eatchment basins or diversion structures may
be necessary to intercept and contain
spills of fuel, crude oil, or only drilling
fluids.
(iii) Before drilling below any casing
string or during workover operations, a
biowout prevention (BOP) assembly and
well control system should be installed
that is capable of controlling any well
head pressure that is expected to be
encountered while that BOP assembly is
on the well. Casing and BOP installations
should be in accordance with State regulatory agency requirements.
(7) ou drilling, production, or workover facilities (offshore). (1) Definition:
"An oil drilling. production or workover
facility (offshore)' may include all drilling or workover equipment, wells, flowlines, gathering lines, platforms, and
auxiliary nontransportation related
equipment and facilities in a single geographical oil or gas field operated by a
single operator.
(ii) Oil drainage collection equipment
should be used to prevent and control
small oil spillage around pumps, glands,
valves, fianges. expansion joints, hoses.
drain lines, separators, treaters, tanks,
and allied equipment. Drains on the
facility should be controlled and directed
toward a central collection sump or
equivalent collection system sufficient to
prevent discharges of oil into the navigable waters of the United States. Where
drains and sumps are not practicable
oll contained in collection equipment
should be removed as often as necessary
to prevent overflow.
(iii) For facilities employing $ sump
system. sump and drains should be adequately sixed and a spare pump or equivalent method should be available to
remove liquid from the sump and assure
that oil does not escape. A regular scheduled preventive maintenance inspection
and testing program should be employed
to assure reliable operation of the liquid
removal system and pump start-up device. Redundant automatic sump pumps
and control devices may be required on
some installations.
(iv) In areas where separators and
treaters are equipped with dump valves
whose predominant mode of failure is in
the closed position and pollution risk is
high, the facility should be specially
equipped to prevent the escape of all
This could be accomplished by extending
the flare line to a diked area if the separator is near shore, equipping it with a
high liquid level sensor that will automatically shut-in walls producing to the
separator, parallel redundant dump
valves, or other feasible alternatives to
prevent oil discharges.
(v) Atmospheric storage or surge tanks
should be equipped with high liquid level
sensing devices or other acceptable alternatives to prevent oil discharges.
(vi) Pressure tanks should be squipped
with high and low pressure sensing devices to activate an alarm and/or control the flow or other acceptable alternatives to prevent oil discharges.
(vii) Tanks should be equipped with
suitable corresion protection.
(viii) A written procedure for inspecting and testing pollution prevention
equipment and systems should be prepared and maintained at the facility.
Such procedures should be included as
part of the SPCC Plan.
(iz) Testing and inspection of the pol-
Jution prevention equipment and systems
at the facility should be conducted by the
owner or operator on a scheduled partodic basis commensurate with the complexity. conditions and circumstances of
the facility or other appropriate regulations.
(x) Surface and subsurface well abutin valves and devices in use at the facility should be sufficiently described to
determine method of activation or control, e.g., pressure differential change in
fluid or flow conditions, combination of
pressure and flow. manual or remote control mechanisms. Detailed records for
each well, while not necessarily part of
the plan should be kept by the owner or
operator.
(xi) Before drilling below any casing
string. and during workover operations
a blowout preventer (BOP) assembly and
well control system should be installed
that is capable of controlling any wellhead pressure that is expected to be encountered while that BOP assembly is
on the well. Casing and BOP installations
should be in accordance with State regulatory agency requirements.
(xii) Extraordinary well control measures should be provided should emergency conditions, including fire, loss of
control and other abnormal conditions,
occur. The degree of control system redundancy should vary with harard exposure and probable consequences of
failure. It is recommended that surface
shut-in systems have redundant or "fail
close" valving. Subsurface safety valves
may not be needed in producing wells
that will not flow but should be installed
as required by applicable State regulations.
(xii) In order that there will be no
misunderstanding of joint and separate
duties and obligations to perform work
in a safe and pollution free manner,
written instructions should be prepared
by the owner or operator for contractors
and subcontractors to follow whenever
contract activities include servicing a
well or systems appurtment to a well or
pressure vessel. Such instructions and
procedures should be maintained at the
effshore production facility. Under certain circumstances and conditions such
contractor activities may require the
presence at the facility of an authorised
representative of the owner or operator
who would Intervane when necessary to
provent a apfil event.
(xiv) All manifolds (headers) should
be equipped with check valves on Individual Sowtines.
(EV) If the shut-in well pressure is
greater than the working pressure of the
Sewtine and manifeld valves up to and
including the header valves amociated
with that individual Sowline, the flowline should be equipped with a high pressure sensing device and abutin valve at
the wellhead unions provided with a pressure relief systems to prevent over pressuring.
(xvi) All pipelines appurtenant to the
facility should be protected from corroaton. Methods used. such as protective
coatings or esthodic protection, should
be discussed.
(xvil) Sub-marine pipalines apportenant to the facility should be adequately
protected against environmental strences
and other activities such as Rehing
operations.
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operating condition at all times and inspected on a scheduled periodic basis for
failures. Such inspections should be
documented and maintained at the
facility.
(8) Inspections and records. Inspections required by this part should be in
accordance with written procedures developed for the facility by the owner or
operator. These written procedures and
a record of the inspections, signed by the
appropriate supervisor or inspector.
should be made part of the SPCC Plan
and maintained for a period of three
years.
(9) Security (excluding oil production
facilities). (i) All plants handling. processing. and storing of should be fully
fenced. and entrance gates should be
locked and/or guarded when the plant
is not in production or is unattended.
(ii) The master flow and drain valves
and any other valves that will permit
direct outward flow of the tank's content to the surface should be securely
locked in the closed position when in
non-operating or non-standby status.
(iii) The starter control on all all
pumps should be locked in the "off"
position or located at a site accessible
only to authorized personnel when the
pumps are in a non-operating or nonstandby status.
(iv) The loading/unloading connections of all pipelines should be securely
capped or blank-flanged when not in
service or standby service for an extended time. This security practice
should also apply to pipelines that are
emptied of liquid content either by
draining or by inert gas pressure.
(v) Facility lighting should be commensurate with the type and location of
the facility. Consideration should be
given to: (A) Discovery of spills occurring during hours of darkness, both
by operating personnel, If present, and
by non-operating personnel (the general public, local police, etc.) and (B)
prevention of spills occurring through
acts of vandalism.
(10) Personnel, training and spill
prevention procedures. ($) Owners or operators are responsible for properly instructing their personnel to the operation
and maintenance of equipment to prevent the discharges of of and applicable
pollution control laws, rules and regulations.
(ii) Each applicable facility should
have a designated person who is accountable for oil spill prevention and who reports to line management.
(iii) Owners or operators should
schedule and conduct spill prevention
briefings for their operating personnel
at intervals frequent enough to assure
adequate understanding of the SPCC
Plan for that facility. Such briefings
should highlight and describe known
spill events or failures. malfunctioning
components, and recently developed precautionary measures.
APPENDIS
Memorandum of Understanding between
the Becretary of Transportation and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency.
SECTION N-DEFINITIONS
The Environmental Protection Agency and
the Department of Transportation agree that
for the purposes of Executive Order 11548.
the term:
(1) "Non-trapsportation-related onshore
and offshore facilities" means:
(A) Pixed onshore and offshore oil well
drilling facilities including all equipment
and appurtenances related thereto used in
drilling operations for exploratory or development wells, but excluding any terminal facility. unit or process integrally associated with
the handling or transferring of off in bulk to
or from a vessel.
(B) Mobile onshore and offshore oil well
drilling platforms. barges. trucks, or other
mobile facilities including all equipment and
appurtenances related thereto when such
mobile facilities are fixed in position for the
purpose of drilling operations for exploratory
or development wells. but excluding any terminal facility, unit or process integrally associated with the handling or transferring of
oil in bulk to or from a vassel.
(c) Pixed onshore and offshore all production structures, platforms. derricks, and rigs
including all equipment and appurtenances
related thereto. as well as completed wells
and the wellhead separators. oil separators.
and storage facilities used in the production
of oil, but excluding any terminal facility.
unit or process integrally associated with
the handling or transferring of of in bulk
to or from a vessel.
(D) Mobile onshore and offshore oil production facilities including all equipment
and appurtenances related thereto M well
as completed wells and wellhesd equipment,
piping from wellheads to oil separators, oil
separators, and storage facilities used in the
production of oil when such mobile facilities
are fixed in position for the purpose of all
production operations, but excluding any
terminal facility. unit or process integrally
associated with the handling or transferring
of oil in bulk to or from a vessel.
(E) on refining facilities including all
equipment and appurtenances related
thereto as wall as In-plant processing units.
storage units, piping. drainage systems and
waste treatment units used in the refining
of on. but excluding any terminal facility.
unit or process integrally associated with the
handling or transferring of on in bulk to or
from a vensel.
(P) Ou storage facilities including all
equipment and appurtenances related
thereto as well as fixed built plant storage,
terminal on storage facilities, consumer storage, pumps and drainage systems used in the
storage of oil. but excluding inline or breakout storage tanks needed for the continuous
operation of a' pipeline system and any
terminal facility. unit or process integrally
associated with the handling or transferring
of on in BUIE to or from a vensel.
(G) Industrial, commercial. agricultural
or public facilities which use and store all.
but excluding any terminal facility. unit or
process integrally associated with the ban.
dling or transferring of off in bulk to or from
. vessel.
(H) Waste treatment facilities including
in-plant pipelines, efficent discharge lines,
and storage tanks. but excluding waste treat.
ment faculties located on vessels and termlnal storage tanks and appurtenances for the
reception of only ballast water or tank wash.
ings from vessels and associated systems used
for off-loading versels.
(1) Loading racks, transfer hoses, loading
arms and other equipment which are appurtenant to a mentransportation-reiated
facility or terminal facility and which are
used to transfer on in buik to or from bighway vehicles or reilroad cars.
(J) Highway vehicles and railroad care
which are used for the transport of oil exclusively within the confines of a nontransportation-related facility and which are not
intended to transport on in interstate or Intrastate commerce.
(K) Pipeline systems which are used for
the transport of all exclusively within the
confines of a nontransportation-related fact)-
ity or terminal facility and which are not intended to transport ou in interstate or
intrastate commerce, but excluding pipeline
systems used to transfer on in bulk to or
from a vessel.
(2) "transportation-related onshore and
offshore facilities" means:
(A) Onshore and offshore terminal facilities including transfer homes loading arms
and other equipment and appurtenances
used for the purpose of handling or transferring on in bulk to or from a vessel as
well as storage tanks and appurtenances for
the reception of only ballast water or tank
washings from but excluding terminal waste treatment facilities and terminal all storage facilities.
(B) Transfer hoses. loading arms and
other equipment appurtenent to a nontransportation-related facility which to used
to transfer ou tn bulk to or from a vassel.
(C) Interstate and intrastate onshore and
offshore pipeline systems including pumps
and appurtenances related thereto as well
as in-line or breakout storage tanks needed
for the continuous operation of a pipeline
system. and pipelines from onshore and offshore of production facilities. but excluding
onshore and offabore piping from wellheads
to ou separators and pipelines which are
used for the transport of ou enclusively
within the confines of a mentransportationrelated facility or terminal facility and
which are net intended to transport of in
interstate or Intrastate commerce or to
transfer of to built to or from & vessel.
(D) Highway vehicles and retiread cars
which are used for the transport of oil in
Interstate or intractate estimatos and the
equipment and appurtenances related
thereto, and equipment used for the fueling
of locomotive units, as well as the rightsof-way on which they operate. Excluded are
highway vehicles and reilroad care and mo-
Give power used exclusively within the con-
Sanse of a nontransportation-related facility
or terminal facility and which are not intended for use in Interstate or intrastate
commerce.
ATTACHMENT B-2
Appendix I
Representative Sampling Methods
ANEJO B-2
Appendix I
Representative Sampling Methods
APPENDIX I-REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLING
METHODS
The methods and equipment used for
sampling waste materials will vary with the
form and consistency of the waste materials
to be sampled. Samples collected using the
sampling protocols listed below, for sampling waste with properties similar to the in.
dicated materials, will be considered by the
Agency to be representative of the waste.
Extremely viscous liquid-ASTM Standard
D140-70 Crushed or powdered material-
ASTM Standard D346-75 Soil or rock-like
material-ASTM Standard D420-69 Solllike material-ASTM Standard D1452-65
Fly Ash-like material-ASTM Standard
D2234-76 (ASTM Standards are available
from ASTM, 1916 Race St., Philadelphia,
PA 19103)
Containerized liquid wastes-"COLIWASA"
described in "Test Methods for the Evaluation of Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical
Methods," to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Solid Waste, Washington. D.C. 20460. [Copies may be obtained from Solid Waste Information, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency. 26 W.
St. Clair St.. Cincinnati, Ohio 45268)
Liquid waste in pits. ponds, lagoons, and
similar reservoirs.-"Pond Sampler" described in "Test Methods for the Evalua
tion of Solid Waste. Physical/Chemical
Methods."
.
This manual also contains additional in.
formation on application of these protocols.
ANEJO B-14
Appendix VII
Basis for Listing Hazardous Waste
Appendix VII-Basis for Listing Hazardous
Waste
[Appendix VII amended by 45 FR
47833. July 16. 1980: revised by 45 FR
74890. November 12. 1980: 46 FR 4617.
lanuary 16. 1981: 49 FR 5312 February
10. 1984: 50 FR 1999. January 14. 1985:
50 FR 42942. October 23. 1985: 51 FR
5330. February 13. 1986: 51 FR 6541.
February 25. 1986]
EPA hazardous
Mazardous construents for which listed
waste No
F001
Tetrachiorpethyiene mathylene chloride
thchiorosthylene 1.1.1-anchloroethane
carbon tetrachioride chionnated fluorocarbons
F002
Tetrachiorosthylene. mathylene chloride.
trichloroethylens. 1.1.1-tncholoroetnane.
chiorobenzene
1.1.2-tnchioro-1.2.2-trifuoroethane
tnichiorofiuoromethane
F001
N.A
F004
Cresols and cresytic acid nitrobenzane.
with
Toluans methy athy katone, carbon disuifide, isobutanol, pyridine, 2-ethoxyethenol. benzene, 2-nitropropane.
F006
Cadmium hexavalent chromium. nickel.
cyanide (complexed)
F007
Cyanide (salts).
F008
Cyenide (safts)
F009
Cyanide (salts).
F010
Cyanide (salts).
F011
Cyande (safts).
F012
Cyande (complexed)
F019
Haxavalent a cyanide (complexed).
F020
Tetra- and pantachlorodibenzo-p-
dioxins: terrs and pentachiorodisenzofurens: tn- and termichloro a
and their chicrophenic Derivative
acids. esters, ethers. amine and oth-
If salts
F021
Penta- and nexachlorodibenzo-p-
dioxins; penta- and hexachiorodibenzofurans: pentachlorophenol and its
derivatives.
F022
Tetra-, penta-, and hexachiorodibanzo-p-dioxis. tetra-, pents- and
hexachlorodiber tofurans.
F023
Tetra. and pentachiorodibenzo-p
dioxins: total and pentachiorodibenzolurans: the and astra-chiorophenols and their chiorophenoxy
denvative acids, esters, etners.
amine and other salts
F024
Chioromethane. dichioromathans.
trichworomethane. carbon tetrachioride. chioroethvians 1,1-dichiorosthane. 1.2 dichlorosthane. trans-1-2-dichioroemylene 11 dichiorosthytens,
1,1.1-nchiorcethane. 1,1,2-trichiorcethane, inchiorosthylene, 1.1.1.2-
Appendix VII-Basis for Listing Hazardous
Waste-Continued
Appendix VII-Basis for Listing Hazardous
EPA hazardous
Hazaroous constituents for which asted
waste No
tetra- chiorosthane. 1.1.2.2-tetrachforethane. tetrachioroethyiene.
pentachiorosthane. hexachioroetr.
ans. alivi chloride (3-chioroprophe)
dichioropropane. dichioropropens
2-chioro-1.3-butadiene hexachioro-
1.3-butadiene nexachiorocycioper
tadine. nexachiorocycionexane. benzene. chiorobenzene. dichiorobenzenes.
1.2.4-trichlorobenzene.
tetrachiorobenzene. pentachiorobenzene. nexachiorobenzene toluene
naphthalene
F026
Tetra-, pents- and hexachiorodbanzo-p-dioxins: terrs. penta- and
hexachiprodibenzoturans
F027
Tetre. penta- and hexachiorodibenzo-p-dioxins; tetra., penta- and
hexachlorodibenzofurans: tri-. tetraand pentechiorophenois and their
chiorophenoxy derivative acids. 08-
ters. ethers. amine and other salts
F028
Tetre- penta- and hexachiorodibenzo-p-
dioxins: tetra. penta-. and hexachiorodibenzofurans: the tetra- and pentachtorophenols and their chlorophenoxy
derivative acids, esters. ethers, amine
and other salts
K001
Pentschlorophenol, phenol. 2-chiorophenol,
p-chioro-m-cresol, 2,4-dmethylphemy1,
2.4-dintrophenol, trichlorophenols, totrachiorophenois, 2.4-dinstrophenol, onesosots, chrysene. naphthalene, fluoranthone,
benzo(b)fluoranthens.
benzo(s)pyfane, Indeno(1.2.3-cd)pyrene,
benz(s)anthracens, dibenz(ajanthracens,
acenaphthalene
K002
Hekevalent chromium, lead
K003
Hexavalent chromium. lead.
.
K004
Hexavalent chromium.
K005
Hexavelent chromium lead.
K006
Hexavalent chromium
K007
Dyanide (complexed). hexavalent chromi-
UTL
K008
Hexavalent chromium
K009
Chioroform, formaldehyde, mathylene chio
nos, mathyl chloride, paraidehyde, formic
acid
K010
Chicroform. formaidehyde, methylene chioride. methyl chioride. paraidehyde. formic
and chioroacetaldehyde.
K011
Acrylonitric. acetonitrile, hydrocyanic acid
K013
Hydrocyanic acid. acrylonities. acetorutrile.
K014
Acetonitrile, acryla/mide
K015
Benzyl chloride, chicrobenzene, toluens,
benzotnchloride.
K015
Haxachiorobenzene, hexachiorobutadiene,
carbon tetrachloride, hexachioroethans,
parchiorosthylene.
K017
Epichlorohydnn.
chicrosthers
Ebis(chioromethy) other and bis (2-chioracthyl) others). anchloropropens, dichiarapropanols.
Waste-Continued
EPA hazardous
Hazardous constituents for which listed
waste No
K016
trichiproethyiene hexachiorobutablene nexachiorobenzene
K019
Ethylene dichioride,
1.1.2-anchloroethane tetrachioroethanes
(1.1.2.2-tetrachoroethane and 1,1,1,2-le
trachioroetnane), anchiorosthylene -
trachloroethylene carbon tetrachloride.
chioroform. a chioride, a
chloride.
K020
Ethylene dichloride.
1,1.2-anchioroethane. tetrachiorpethanes
and 1,1,1,240
inschioroethane). trichiorosthviane, 10-
trachiorosthylene, caroon terrachloride,
chiorotorm, a chioride, vinylidene
chioride
K021
Antimony, carbon tetrachloride, chioroform.
K022
Phenol: ters (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons).
K023
Phinaic anhydride, malec anhydride
K024
Phthalic anhydride, 1.4-naphthoquanone.
K025
Meta-dinitrobenzene
KD26
Paraidehyde. pyndines, 2-picoline
KD27
Totuene disocyanate. toluens-2. 4-diamine.
K028
,1,1-tnichioroethane vinyl chionde
K029
1,2-dichioroethana 1,1.1-tnchoroethane.
viryl chionde, vinylidene chloride, chioroform
K030
Hexachlorobenzene. hexachiorobutadiene,
hexachiorosthane.
1.1.1.2-tetrachicroetnane, 1,1.2.2-latrachlorpethane, athylene dichioride.
K031
Arsenc.
K032
Hexachiorocyclopentadiene
K033
Hexachiorocyciopentadiene
K034
Hexachiorocyciopentadiens
K035
Creosote, chrysens, naphthalene, fluoranthene benzo(b) fluoranthene,
benzo(a)pyrane. indeno(1.2.3-cd) pyrens,
benzo(a)anthracene
dibenzo(a)anthracene, acenaphthalene.
K036
Toluens, phosphorodithic and
phosphoro-thic acid esters.
K037
Toluene,
phosphorodithic
and
phosphoro-thic acid esters.
K038
Phorate formaidehyde, phosphorodithic
and phosphorothscic acid esters
K019
Phosphorodithic and phosphorothic acid
enters.
K040
Phorate formaidehyde, phosphorodithic
and phosphorothic acid esters.
K041
Toxaphene.
K042
Hexachiorobenzene,
ortho-dichlorobenzene.
KD43
2.4-dichlorophenol,
2.6-dichlorophenol.
2,4,6-trichiorophenol.
K044
N.A.
K045
N.A.
K048
Load.
N.A-Waste is hazardous because # fairs the test for the
characteristic of ignitability, corresivity. or reactivity
K047
NA
K048
Hexavalent chromium lead
K049
Hexavalent chromium. lead
K050
Hexavatent chromum
K051
Hexavalent chromium lead.
K052
Lead
K060
Cyenide, napthalene. phenolic compounds
areenic.
K061
Hexavalent chromium. lead, cadmum
K062
Hexavalent chromium. lead.
K069
Hexavalent chromium, lead. commun
K071
Mercury
K073
Chiorotorm, carbon tetrachioride hexacholroethane. trichioroethane. tetrachioroathylone. dichiaroethytene. 1.1.2.2-telrachiorosthane
K083
Aniline, diphenylamine, nitrobenzame, phen-
a
K084
Americ
KDB5
Benzene, dichlorobetzenes, trichlorobenzenes. tetrachiorobenzenes, pentachicrobenzene, hexachiorobenzene, benzyl
chloride
KOB6
Lead herevalent chromium,
K087
Phenol, naphthalene.
K093
Phthatic anhydride, maleic anhydride.
K094
Phthaic anhydride.
K095
1.1.2-trichlorosthane, 1,1.1.2tetrachloroethans, 1.1.2.2-tetrachloroethane
K096
1,2-dichioroethane, 1.1,1-trichlorosthane,
1.1.2-tromoroethane
K097
Chlordane, heptachion
K098
Toxaphene
K099
2.4-dichiorophenol 2.4.6-brichiorophenol
K100
Hexavelent chromium lead, cammun
K101
Arserve.
K102
Arserve
K103
Anima, nitrotionzene, phenylenediamine.
K104
Aniline, benzene, diphenyiamine, nitrobenzene, phenylenediamme
K105
Benzene, monochiorobenzene. dichierobenzenes, 2,4,6-tricleorophenol
K106
Mercury
K111
2.4-Dinvtrotoluene
K112
2.4-Toluenediamme a toluidine, proluidine, aniline.
K113
2.4-Toluenediamine 0-toluldine, p-toluckne. aniline.
K114
2.4-Toluenediamine 0 toluidine. A
toluidine.
K115
2.4-Toiuenediamine
K116
Carbon tetrachioride. terrachicroethylerie. chlorotorm, phosgene
K117
Emytene dipromide
K118
Emylene dibromide.
K136
Ethylene dibromide.
9
N.A.-Waste is hazardous because it
fails the test for the characteristic of ignitability, corrosivity, or reactivity.
ANEJO B-15
Appendix A (Método 3)
Gas Analysis for Carbon Dioxide,
Oxygen, Excess Air and Dry Molecular Weight
121:1574
and carbon monoxide (CO) concentrations
are measured at the outlet. Then the ratio of
total carbon at the incinerator inlet and outlet
is multiplied by the inlet volume to determine
the exhaust volume and volume flow rate.
2. Apporatus.
2.1 Volume Meter. Equipment described
in Method 2A.
2.2 Organic Analyzers (2). Equipment
described in Method 25A or 25B.
[2.2 head corrected by 48 FR 56580, December 22, 1983]
2.3 CO Analyzer. Equipment described in
Method 10.
2.4 CO2 Analyzer. A nondispersive
infrared (NDIR) CO2 analyzer and supporting
equipment with comparable specifications as
CO analyzer described in Method 10.
3. Procedure.
3.1 Inlet Installation. Install a volume
meter in the vapor line to incinerator inlet
according to the procedure in Method 2A. At
the volume meter inlet. install a sample probe
as described in Method 25A. Connect to the
probe a leak-tight. heated (if necessary to
prevent condensation) sample line (stainless
steel or equivalent) and an organic analyzer
system as described in Method 25A or 25B.
[3.1 corrected by 48 FR 56580, December
22, 1983]
3.2 Exhaust Installation. Three sample
analyzers are required for the incinerator
exhaust: CO2. CO, and organic analyzers. A
sample manifold with a single sample probe
may be used. Install a sample probe as
described Method 25A. Connect a leak-tight
heated sample line to the sample probe. Heat
the sample line sufficiently to prevent any
condensation.
3.3 Recording Requirements. The output
of each analyzer must be permanently
recorded on an analog strip chart, digital
recorder, or other recording device. The chart
speed or number of readings per time unit
must be similar for all analyzers so that data
can be correlated. The minimum data
recording requirement for each analyzer is
one measurement value per minute.
3.4 Preparation. Prepare and calibrate all
equipment and analyzers according to the
procedures in the respective methods. For the
CO₂ analyzer. follow the procedures
described in Method 10 for CO analysis
substituting CO: calibration gas where the
method calls for CO calibration gas. The span
value for the CO2 analyzet shall be 15 percent
by volume. All calibration gases must be
introduced at the connection between the
probe and the sample line. If 8 manifold
system is used for the exhaust analyzers, all
the analyzers and sample pumps must be
operating when the calibrations are done.
Note: For the purposes of this test. methane
should not be used as an organic calibration
gas.
3.5 Sompling. At the beginning of the test
period. record the initial parameters for the
inlet volume meter according to the
procedures in Method 2A and mark all of the
recorder strip charts to indicate the start of
the test. Continue recording inlet organic and
exhaust CO2. CO. and organic concentrations
throughout the test. During periods of process
interruption and halting of gas flow. stop the
timer and mark the recorder strip charts so
that data from this interruption are not
included in the calculations At the end of the
test period, record the final parameters for
the inlet volume meter and mark the end on
all of the recorder strip charts.
3.6 Post Test Calibrations. At the
conclusion of the sampling period, introduce
the calibration gases as specified in the
respective reference methods. If an analyzer
output does not meet the specifications of the
method, invalidate the test data for the
period. Alternatively. calculate the volume
results using initial calibration data and using
final calibration data and report both
resulting volumes. Then. for emissions
calculations, use the volume measurement
resulting in the greatest emission rate or
concentration.
4. Colculations.
Carry out the calculations, retaining at
least one extra decimal figure beyond that of
the acquired data. Round off figures after the
final calculation.
4.1 Nomenclature
[4.1 corrected by 48 FR 56580, December
22, 1983]
CO, = Mean carbon monoxide concentration
in system exhaust, ppmv.
Mean carbon dioxide concentration in
system exhaust, ppmv.
Mean organic concentration in system
exhaust as defined by the calibration
gas, ppmv.
HC Mean organic concentration in system
inlet as defined by the calibration gas.
ppmv.
[Corrected by 48 FR 56580, December
22, 1983]
-Calibration gas factor
= 2 for ethane calibration gas.
[4.1 "K" definition corrected by 48 FR
56580, December 22, 1983]
= for propane calibration gas.
- 4 for butane calibration gas.
Exhaust gas volume, M².
Inlet gas volume, M'.
Qne = Exhaust gas volume flow rate, m3/min.
Q. gas volume flow rate, m3/min.
e = Sample run time, min.
e- Standard Conditions: 20°C, 760 mm Hg.
0=Estimated concentration of ambient
CO2. ppmv. (CO₂ concentration in the
ambient air may be measured during the
test period using an NDIR.
[Corrected by 48 FR 56580, December
22, 1983]
= Appropriate response factor for other
calibration gas.
4.2 Concentrations. Determine mean
concentrations of inlet organics, outlet CO2,
outlet CO. and outlet organics according to
the procedures in the respective methods and
the analyzers' calibration curves, and for the
time intervals specified in the applicable
regulations. Concentrations should be
determined on a parts per million by volume
(ppmv) basis.
[4.2 corrected by 48 FR 56580, December
22, 1983]
4.3 Exhcust Gos Volume. Calculate the
exhaust gas volume as follows:
K(HC,)
V.
=
V.
K(HC.)+CO,+CO,-300
[4.3 corrected by 48 FR 56580, December
22, 1983]
Eq. 2B-1
4.4 Exhaust Gus Volume Flow Rate.
Calculate the exhaust gas volume flow rate
as follows:
Q--V
Eq. 2B-2
5. Bibliography.
5.1 Measurement of Volatile Organic
Compounds. U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency. Office of Air Quality Planning and
Standards. Research Triangle Park, N.C.
27711. Publication No. EPA-450/2-78-041.
October 1978. p. 55.
METHOD 3-GAB ANALYSIS FOR CARBON DIOXIDE,
OXYGEN, EXCESS AIR, AND Day MOLECULAR WEIGHT
1. Principle one Applicability
1.1 Principle. A gas sample is extracted from a stack,
by one of the following methods: (1) single-point grab
sampling; (2) single-point, integrated sampling; or (3)
multi-point, integrated sampling. The gas sample is
analyzed for percent carbon dioxide (CO2), percent oxygen (O:), and, If necessary, percent carbon monoxide
(CO), If 8 dry molecular weight determination is to be
made, either an Orsat or a Fyrite analyser may be used
for the analysis; for excess air or emission rate correction
factor determination, all Orsat analyzer must be used.
2. Apparatus
Other methods, as well as modifications to the procedure described herein, are also applicable for some or all
of the above determinations. Examples of specific methods and modifications Include: (1) a multi-point samp-
Mug method using an Orsat analyzer to analyze individual grab samples obtained at each point; (2) a method
using CO2 or O₂ and stoichiometric culculations to determine dry molecular weight and excess air; (3) assigning a
value of 30.0 for dry molecular weight, in lieu of actual
measurements, for processes burning natural gas, coal, or
oil. These methods and modifications may be used, but
are subject to the approval of the Administrator. U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency
1.2 Applicability. This method is applicable for determining CO₂ and O₂ concentrations, excess air, and
dry molecular weight of a sample from a g stream of 8
fossil-fuei combustion process. The method may also be
applicable toother processes where It has been determined
that compounds other than CO2, O₂, CO, and nitrogen
(N2) are not present in concentrations sufficient to
affect the results.
AB an alternative to the sampling apparatus and systems described herein, other sampling systems (e.g.,
llquid displacement) may be used provided such systems
are capable of obtaining n representative sample and
maintaining a constant sampling rate, and are otherwise
eapable of yielding acceptable results. Use of such
systems is subject to the approval of the Administrator.
2.1 Grab Sampling (Figure 3-1).
2.1.1 Probe, The probe should be made of stainless
steel or borosilicate glass tubing and should be equipped
with an in-stack or out-stack filter to remove particulate
matter (a plug of glass wool Is satisfactory for this purpose). Any other material ineri to O2, CO2, CO, and N:
and resisiant to temperature at sampling conditions may
be used for the probe; examples of such material are
sluminum, copper, quarts glass and Teflon.
2.1.2 Pump. A one-way squeeze bulb, or equivalent,
is used to transport the gas sample to the analyzer.
2.2 Integrated Sampling (Figure 3-2).
2.2.1 Probe. A probe such ns that described in Section
2.1.1 la suitable.
, Mention of trade names or specific products does not
constitute endorsement by the Environmental Protection Agency.
STATIONARY SOURCES
S-686
121:1575
PROBE
FLEXIBLE TUBING
TO ANALYZER
FILTER (GLASS WOOL)
SQUEEZE BULB
Figure 3-1. Grab sampling train.
RATE METER
VALVE
SURGE TANK
AIR-COOLED
CONDENSER
PROBE
PUMP
FILTER
(GLASS WOOL)
QUICK DISCONNECT
IN
VALVE
BAG
RIGID CONTAINER
I
Figure 3-2. Integrated gas-sampling train,
[43 FR 1495, January 10, 1978]
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Published by THE BUREAU OF NATIONAL AFFAIRS INC., Washington, D.C. 20037
121:1576
2.2.2 Condenser. An air-cooled or watercooled condenser, or other condenser that
will not remove O2. CO2, CO, and N, may be
used to remove excess moisture which
would interfere with the operation of the
pump and flow meter.
2.2.3 Valve. A needle valve is used to
adjust sample gas flow rate.
2.2.4 Pump. A leak-free, diaphragm-type
pump. or equivalent, is used to transport
sample gas to the flexible bag. Install a
small surge tank between the pump and
rate meter to eliminate the pulsation effect
of the diaphragm pump on the rotameter.
2.2.5 Rate Meter. The rotameter, or
equivalent rate meter, used should be capable of measuring flow rate to within ±2 per.
cent of the selected flow rate. A flow rate
range of 500 to 1000 cm³/min is suggested.
2.2.6 Flexible Bag. Any leak-free plastic
(e.g., Tedlar, Mylar, Teflon) or plasticcoated aluminum (e.g., aluminized Mylar)
bag, or equivalent, having a capacity consistent with the selected flow rate and time
length of the test run, may be used. A capacity in the range of 55 to 90 liters is suggested.
To leak-check the bag, connect it to a
water manometer and pressurize the bag to
5 to 10 cm H.O (2 to 4 in. H,O). Allow to
stand for 10 minutes. Any displacement in
the water manometer indicates a leak. An
alternative leak-check method is to pressurize the bag to 5 to 10 cm H,O (2 to 4 in. H,O)
and allow to stand overnight. A deflated bag
indicates a leak.
2.2.7 Pressure Gauge. A water-filled U.
tube manometer. or equivalent, of about 28
cm (12 in.) is used for the flexible bag leakcheck.
2.2.8 Vacuum Gauge. A mercury manometer. or equivalent, of at least 760 mm Hg
(30 in. Hg) is used for the sampling train
leak-check.
2.3 Analysis. For Orsat and Fyrite analyzer maintenance and operation procedures. follow the instructions recommended
by the manufacturer, unless otherwise specified herein.
2.3.1 Dry Molecular Weight Determination. An Orsat analyzer or Fyrite type combustion gas analyzer may be used.
2.3.2 Emission Rate Correction Factor or
Excess Air Determination An Orsat analyz.
er must be used. For low CO, (less than 4.0
percent) or high O, (greater that 15.0 percent) concentrations. the measuring burette
of the Orsat must have at least 0.1 percent
subdivisions.
3. Dry Molecular Weight Determination
Any of the three sampling and analytical
procedures described below may be used for
determining the dry molecular weight.
3.1 Single-Point, Grab Sampling and
Analytical Procedure.
3.1.1 The sampling point in the duct
shall either be at the centroid of the cross
section or at a point no closer to the walls
than 1.00 m (3.3 ft), unless otherwise specified by the Administrator.
3.1.2 Set up the equipment as shown in
Figure 3-1, making sure all connections
ahead of the analyzer are tight and leakfree. If and Orsat analyzer is used, it is recommended that the analyzer be leakedchecked by following the procedure in Section 5; however, the leak-check is optional.
3.1.3 Place the probe in the stack, with
the tip of the probe positioned at the sampling point: purge the sampling line. Draw a
sample into the analyzer and immediately
analyze It for percent CO2 and percent O₂,
Determine the percentage of the gas that is
N, and CO by subtracting the sum of the
percent CO, and percent O2 from 100 percent. Calculate the dry molecular weight as
indicated in Section 6.3.
3.1.4 Repeat the sampling. analysis. and
calculation procedures, until the dry molecular weights of any three grab samples
differ from their mean by no more than 0.3
g/g-mole (0.3 lb/lb-mole). Average these
three molecular weights, and report the results to the nearest 0.1 g/g-mole (lb/lbmole).
3.2 Single-Point. Integrated Sampling
and Analytical Procedure.
3.2.1 The sampling point in the duct
shall be located as specified in Section 3.1.1.
3.2.2 Leak-check (optional) the flexible
bag as in Section 2.2.6. Set up the equipment as shown in Figure 3-2. Just prior to
sampling, leak-check (optional) the train by
placing a vacuum gauge at the condenser
inlet, pulling a vacuum of at least 250 mm
Hg (10 in. Hg), plugging the outlet at the
quick disconnect, and then turning off the
pump. The vacuum should remain stable for
at least 0.5 minute. Evacuate the flexible
bag. Connect the probe and place it in the
stack, with the tip of the probe positioned
at the sampling point; purge the sampling
line. Next, connect the bag and make sure
that all connections are tight and leak free.
3.2.3 Sample at a constant rate. The sampling run should be simultaneous with. and
for the same total length of time as, the pollutant emission rate determination. Collection of at least 30 liters (1.00 ft3) of sample
gas is recommended: however, smaller volumes may be collected. if desired.
3.2.4 Obtain one integrated flue gas
sample during each pollutant emission rate
determination. Within 8 hours after the
sample is taken, analyze It for percent CO2
and percent O, using either an Orsat analyzer or a Fyrite-type combustion gas analyzer.
If an Orsat analyzer is used, it is recommended that the Orsat leak-check described
in Section 5 be performed before this deter.
mination; however, the check is optional.
Determine the percentage of the gas that is
N, and CO by subtracting the sum of the
percent CO, and percent O, from 100 percent. Calculate the dry molecular weight as
indicated in Section 6.3.
3.2.5 Repeat the analysis and calculation
procedures until the individual dry molecular weights for any three analyses differ
from their mean by no more than 0.3 g/g-
mole (0.3 Ib/lb-mole). Average these three
molecular weights, and report the results to
the nearest 0.1 g/g-mole (0.1 lb/lb-mole).
3.3 Multi-Point, Integrated Sampling and
Analytical Procedure.
3.3.1 Unless otherwise specified by the
Administrator, a minimum of eight traverse
points shall be used for circular stacks
having diameters less than 0.61 m (24 in.), a
minimum of nine shall be used for rectangular stacks having equivalent diameters less
than 0.61 m (24 in.), and a minimum of
twelve traverse points shall be used for all
other cases. The traverse points shall be 10.
cated according to Method 1. The use of
fewer points is subject to approval of the
Administrator.
3.3.2 Follow the procedures outlined in
sections 3.2.2 throught 3.2.5, except for the
following: traverse all sampling points and
sample at each point for an equal length of
time. Record sampling data as shown in
Figure 3-3.
4. Emission Rate Correction Factor or
Excess Air Determination
NOTE: A Fyrite-type combustion gas analyzer is not acceptable for excess air or emission rate correction factor determination,
unless approved by the Administrator. If
both percent CO, and percent O. are measured, the analytical results of any of the
three procedures given below may also be
used for calculating the dry molecular
weight.
Each of the three procedures below shall
be used only when specified in an applicable
subpart of the standards. The use of these
procedures for other purposes must have
specific prior approval of the Administrator.
STATIONARY SOURCES
S-686
121:1576.1
4.1 Single-Point, Grab Sampling and
Analytical Procedure.
4.1.1 The sampling point in the duct
shall either be at the centroid of the crosssection or at a point no closer to the walls
than 1.00 m (3.3 ft). unless otherwise specified by the Administrator.
4.1.2 Set up the equipment as shown in
Figure 3-1, making sure all connections
ahead of the analyzer are tight and leakfree. Leak-check the Orsat analyzer according to the procedure described in Section 5.
This leak-check is mandatory.
TRAVERSE
Q
TIME
PT.
1pm
% DEV.
AVERAGE
a
0
avg
%
DEV
=
)
100
0
avg
(MUST BE 10%)
Figure 3-3. Sampling rate data.
4.1.3 Place the probe in the stack. with
the tip of the probe positioned at the sampling point; purge the sampling line. Draw a
sample into the analyzer. For emission rate
correction factor determination, immediate.
ly analyze the sample, as outlined in Sections 4.1.4 and 4.1.5, for percent CO, or per.
cent O2. If excess air is desired, proceed as
follows: (1) immediately analyze the sample,
as in Sections 4,1.4 and 4.1.5, for percent
CO2, O,, and CO; (2) determine the percentage of the gas that is N, by subtracting the
sum of the percent CO2, percent O,, and percent CO from 100 percent: and (3) calculate
percent excess air as outlined in Section 6.2.
4.1.4 To insure complete absorption of
the CO,, O., or if applicable. CO, make repeated passes through each absorbing solution until two consecutive readings are the
same. Several passes (three or four) should
be made between readings. (If constant
readings cannot be obtained after three consecutive readings, replace the absorbing so.
lution.)
4.1.5 After the analysis is completed,
leak-check (mandatory) the Orsat analyzer
once again. as described in Section 5. For
the results of the analysis to be valid, the
Orsat analyzer must pass this leak test
before and after the analysis.
NOTE: Since this single-point. grab sampling and analytical procedure in normally
conducted in conjunction with a singlepoint. grab sampling and analytical procedure for a pollutant. only one analysis is ordinarily conducted. Therefore, great care
must be taken to obtain a valid sample and
analysis. Although in most cases only CO,
or O, is required. it is recommended that
both CO2 and O₂ be measured, and that