La. Admin. Code tit. 33 § V-1747

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section V-1747 - Applicability

A. The requirements of this Subchapter apply to owners and operators of all facilities that treat, store, or dispose of hazardous waste in tanks, surface impoundments, or containers subject to either Chapter 19, 21, or 29, except as LAC 33:V.1501 and Subsection B of this Section provide otherwise.

B. The requirements of this Subchapter do not apply to the following waste management units at the facility:

1. a waste management unit that holds hazardous waste placed in the unit before December 6, 1996, and in which no hazardous waste is added to the unit on or after December 6, 1996;

2. a container that has a design capacity less than or equal to 0.1 m³;

3. a tank in which an owner or operator has stopped adding hazardous waste and the owner or operator has begun implementing or completed closure pursuant to an approved closure plan;

4. a surface impoundment in which an owner or operator has stopped adding hazardous waste (except to implement an approved closure plan) and the owner or operator has begun implementing or completed closure pursuant to an approved closure plan;

5. a waste management unit that is used solely for on-site treatment or storage of hazardous waste that is placed in the unit as a result of implementing remedial activities required under the corrective action authorities of RCRA Sections 3004(u), 3004(v), or 3008(h), CERCLA authorities, or similar state authorities;

6. a waste management unit that is used solely for the management of radioactive mixed waste in accordance with all applicable regulations under the authority of the Atomic Energy Act and the Nuclear Waste Policy Act;

7. a hazardous waste management unit that the owner or operator certifies is equipped with and operating air emission controls in accordance with the requirements of an applicable Clean Air Act regulation codified under 40 CFR Part 60, Part 61, or Part 63. For the purpose of complying with this Paragraph, a tank for which the air emission control includes an enclosure, as opposed to a cover, must be in compliance with the enclosure and control device requirements of LAC 33:V.1755.I, except as provided in LAC 33:V.1751.C.5; and

8. a tank that has a process vent as defined in LAC 33:V.1703.

C. For the owner and operator of a facility subject to this Chapter and who received a final permit under RCRA Section 3005 and LAC 33:V.Subpart 1 prior to December 6, 1996, the requirements of this Chapter must be incorporated into the permit when the permit is reissued in accordance with the requirements of LAC 33:V.705 or reviewed in accordance with the requirements of LAC 33:V.315. Until such date when the permit is reissued in accordance with the requirements of LAC 33:V.705 or reviewed in accordance with the requirements of LAC 33:V.315, the owner and operator are subject to the requirements of LAC 33:V.Chapter 43.Subchapter V.

D. The requirements of this Subchapter, except for the recordkeeping requirements specified in LAC 33:V.1765.I, are administratively stayed for a tank or a container used for the management of hazardous waste generated by organic peroxide manufacturing and its associated laboratory operations when the owner or operator of the unit meets all of the following conditions:

1. the owner or operator identifies that the tank or container receives hazardous waste generated by an organic peroxide manufacturing process producing more than one functional family of organic peroxides or multiple organic peroxides within one functional family, that one or more of these organic peroxides could potentially undergo self-accelerating thermal decomposition at or below ambient temperatures, and that organic peroxides are the predominant products manufactured by the process. For the purpose of meeting the conditions of this paragraph, organic peroxide means an organic compound that contains the bivalent - O- O- structure and which may be considered to be a structural derivative of hydrogen peroxide where one or both of the hydrogen atoms has been replaced by an organic radical;

2. the owner or operator prepares documentation, in accordance with the requirements of LAC 33:V.1765.I, explaining why an undue safety hazard would be created if air emission controls specified in LAC 33:V.1755-1761 are installed and operated on the tanks and containers used at the facility to manage the hazardous waste generated by the organic peroxide manufacturing process or processes meeting the conditions of Paragraph D.1 of this Section; and

3. the owner or operator notifies the Office of Environmental Services, in writing, that hazardous waste generated by an organic peroxide manufacturing process or processes meeting the conditions of Paragraph D.1 of this Section are managed at the facility in tanks or containers meeting the conditions of Paragraph D.2 of this Section. The notification shall state the name and address of the facility and be signed and dated by an authorized representative of the facility owner or operator.

La. Admin. Code tit. 33, § V-1747

Promulgated by the Department of Environmental Quality, Office of Waste Services, Hazardous Waste Division, LR 24:1701 (September 1998), LR 25:440 (March 1999), amended by the Office of Environmental Assessment, Environmental Planning Division, LR 26:279 (February 2000), LR 26:2474 (November 2000), amended by the Office of the Secretary, Legal Affairs Division, LR 31:2457 (October 2005), LR 33:2105 (October 2007) .

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:2180 et seq.