La. Admin. Code tit. 33 § V-2247

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

Section V-2247 - Owners or Operators of Treatment or Disposal Facilities: Testing, Waste Minimization, Recordkeeping and Notice Requirements

A. Treatment facilities must test their wastes according to the frequency specified in their waste analysis plans, as required by LAC 33:V.1519 (for permitted TSDs) or 4313 (for interim status facilities). Such testing must be performed as provided in Paragraphs A.1-2 of this Section.

1. For wastes or contaminated soil with treatment standards expressed in the waste extract (Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure, TCLP), the owner or operator of the treatment facility must test an extract of the treatment residues, using Test Method 1311 (the TCLP described in Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods, EPA Publication SW-846, as incorporated by reference in LAC 33:V.110) to assure that the treatment residues extract meets the applicable treatment standards.

2. For wastes or contaminated soil with treatment standards expressed as concentrations in the waste, the owner or operator of the treatment facility must test the treatment residues (not an extract of such residues) to ensure that they meet the applicable treatment standards.

B. A one-time notice must be sent with the initial shipment of waste or contaminated soil to the land disposal facility. A copy of the notice must be placed in the treatment facility's file.

1. No further notification is necessary until such time that the waste or receiving facility changes, in which case a new notice must be sent and a copy placed in the treatment facility's file.

2. The one-time notice must include these requirements:

a. EPA Hazardous Waste Numbers and Manifest Numbers of the first shipment;

b. the waste is subject to the LDRs. The constituents of concern for F001-F005, and F039, and underlying hazardous constituents in characteristic wastes, unless the waste will be treated and monitored for all constituents. If all constituents will be treated and monitored, there is no need to put them all on the LDR notice;

c. the notice must include the applicable wastewater/nonwastewater category (see LAC 33:V.2203.A) and subdivisions made within a waste code based on waste-specific criteria (such as D003 reactive cyanide);

d. waste analysis data (when available);

e. for contaminated soil subject to LDRs as provided in LAC 33:V.2236.A, the constituents subject to treatment as described in LAC 33:V.2236.D and the following statement:

"This contaminated soil [does/does not] contain listed hazardous waste and [does/does not] exhibit a characteristic of hazardous waste and [is subject to/complies with] the soil treatment standards as provided by LAC 33:V.2236.C"; and

f. a certification statement is needed (see applicable Section for exact wording).

C. The treatment facility must submit a one-time certification signed by an authorized representative with the initial shipment of waste or treatment residue of a restricted waste to the land disposal facility. The certification must state:

A certification is also necessary for contaminated soil and it must state:

"I certify under penalty of law that I have personally examined and am familiar with the treatment technology and operation of the treatment process used to support this certification and believe that it has been maintained and operated properly so as to comply with treatment standards specified in LAC 33:V.2236 without impermissible dilution of the prohibited wastes. I am aware there are significant penalties for submitting a false certification, including the possibility of fine and imprisonment."

1. A copy of the certification must be placed in the treatment facility's on-site files. If the waste or treatment residue changes, or the receiving facility changes, a new certification must be sent to the receiving facility, and a copy placed in the file.

2. Debris excluded from the definition of hazardous waste under LAC 33:V.109.Hazardous Waste.6 (i.e., debris treated by an extraction or destruction technology provided by LAC 33:V.2299.Appendix, Table 8, and debris that the administrative authority has determined does not contain hazardous waste), however, is subject to the notification and certification requirements of LAC 33:V.2246.E rather than the certification requirements of this Subsection.

3. For wastes with organic constituents having treatment standards expressed as concentration levels, if compliance with the treatment standards is based in whole or in part on the analytical detection limit alternative specified in LAC 33:V.2223, the certification, signed by an authorized representative, must state the following.

"I certify under penalty of law that I have personally examined and am familiar with the treatment technology and operation of the treatment process used to support this certification. Based on my inquiry of those individuals immediately responsible for obtaining this information, I believe that the nonwastewater organic constituents have been treated by incineration in units operated in accordance with LAC 33:V.Chapter 31 or Chapter 43.Subchapter N, or by combustion in fuel substitution units operating in accordance with applicable technical requirements, and combustion units as specified in LAC 33:V.2299.Appendix, Table 3. I have been unable to detect the nonwastewater organic constituents despite having used best good-faith efforts to analyze for such constituents. I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting a false certification, including the possibility of fines and imprisonment."

4. For characteristic wastes that are subject to the treatment standards in LAC 33:V.2223 (other than those expressed as a required method of treatment), or LAC 33:V.2236 that contain underlying hazardous constituents as defined in LAC 33:V.2203; if these wastes are treated on-site to remove the hazardous characteristic, and are then sent off-site for treatment of underlying hazardous constituents, the certification must state the following.

"I certify under penalty of law that the waste has been treated in accordance with the requirements of LAC 33:V.2223 or 2236 to remove the hazardous characteristic. This decharacterized waste contains underlying hazardous constituents that require further treatment to meet treatment standards. I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting a false certification, including the possibility of fine and imprisonment."

5. For characteristic wastes that contain underlying hazardous constituents as defined LAC 33:V.2203 that are treated on-site to remove the hazardous characteristic and to treat underlying hazardous constituents to levels in LAC 33:V.2233 Universal Treatment Standards, the certification must state the following.

"I certify under penalty of law that the waste has been treated in accordance with the requirements of LAC 33:V.2223 to remove the hazardous characteristic and that underlying hazardous constituents, as defined in LAC 33:V.2203 have been treated on-site to meet the LAC 33:V.2233 Universal Treatment Standards. I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting a false certification, including the possibility of fine and imprisonment."

D. If the waste or treatment residue will be further managed at a different treatment or storage or disposal facility, the treatment, storage, or disposal facility sending the waste or treatment residue off-site must comply with the notice and certification requirements applicable to generators in LAC 33:V.2245.B and C.

E. Where the wastes are recyclable materials used in a manner constituting disposal subject to the provisions in LAC 33:V.4139.B-D regarding treatment standards and prohibition levels, the owner or operator of a treatment facility (i.e., the recycler) must, for the initial shipment of waste, prepare a one-time certification described in Subsection C of this Section and a one-time notice that includes the information listed in Subsection B of this Section (except the manifest number). The certification and notification must be placed in the facility's on-site files. If the waste or the receiving facility changes, a new certification and notification must be prepared and placed in the on-site files. In addition, the recycling facility must also keep records of the name and location of each entity receiving the hazardous waste-derived product.

F. Except where the owner or operator is disposing of any waste that is a recyclable material used in a manner constituting disposal in accordance with LAC 33:V.4139.A.2-4, the owner or operator of any land disposal facility disposing of any waste subject to prohibitions under this Chapter must do the following:

1. he must have copies of the notice and certification specified in either Subsection B, C, D, or E of this Section; and

2. he must test the waste or an extract of the waste or treatment residue developed using Test Method 1311 (the Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure, described in Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods, EPA Publication SW-846, as incorporated by reference in LAC 33:V.110) to ensure that the wastes or treatment residues comply with the applicable treatment standards set forth in LAC 33:V.2223-2233. Such testing must be performed according to the frequency specified in the facility's waste analysis plan, as required by LAC 33:V.1519 or 4313.

G. All treatment, storage, and disposal facilities shall develop and retain a waste minimization plan on site. The plan shall be submitted to the administrative authority within 30 days of receipt of request. The plan shall include ongoing and proposed waste minimization projects and tentative beginning dates for proposed projects.

H. Certification. Each waste minimization plan must be certified by a Louisiana registered professional engineer (PE).

La. Admin. Code tit. 33, § V-2247

Promulgated by the Department of Environmental Quality, Office of Solid and Hazardous Waste, Hazardous Waste Division, LR 15:378 (May 1989), amended LR16:1057 (December 1990), LR 17:658 (July 1991), LR 21:266, 267 (March 1995), LR 21:1334 (December 1995), LR 22:22 (January 1996), LR 22:820 (September 1996), LR 23:566 (May 1997), amended by the Office of Waste Services, Hazardous Waste Division, LR 24:670 (April 1998), LR 24:1730 (September 1998), LR 25:449 (March 1999), amended by the Office of Environmental Assessment, Environmental Planning Division, LR 26:282 (February 2000), LR 26:2478 (November 2000), amended by the Office of the Secretary, Legal Affairs Division, LR 31:2459 (October 2005), LR 32:607 (April 2006), LR 33:2110 (October 2007), LR 34:997 (June 2008), LR 34:1897 (September 2008).

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