La. Admin. Code tit. 33 § V-2249

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

Section V-2249 - Purpose, Scope, and Applicability

A. This Subchapter identifies hazardous wastes that are prohibited from disposal into Class I hazardous waste injection wells and defines those circumstances under which a waste, otherwise prohibited from injection, may be injected.

B. The requirements of LAC 33:V.Chapter 22.Subchapter B apply to owners or operators of Class I hazardous waste injection wells used to inject hazardous waste.

C. Wastes otherwise prohibited from injection may continue to be injected:

1. if an extension from the effective date of a prohibition has been granted in accordance with LAC 33:V.2253 with respect to such wastes; or

2. if an approval has been granted in response to a petition filed under LAC 33:V.2271, or a determination has been made under LAC 33:V.2273, to allow injection of prohibited wastes with respect to those wastes and wells covered by the petition; or

3. if the waste is generated by a very small quantity generator, as defined in LAC 33: V.1009.

D. Wastes that are hazardous only because they exhibit a hazardous characteristic, and which are otherwise prohibited under LAC 33:V.Chapter 22.Subchapter B are not prohibited from land disposal if the wastes:

1. are disposed into a nonhazardous injection well, defined under LAC 43:XVII.203.C, and do not exhibit any prohibited characteristic of hazardous waste specified in LAC 33:V.Chapter 49 at the point of injection at the well head; or

2. do not exhibit any prohibited characteristics of hazardous waste specified in LAC 33:V.4903 at the point of injection at the well head and are disposed into a hazardous injection well, defined under LAC 43:XVII.203.C, that receives only nonprohibited hazardous wastes.

La. Admin. Code tit. 33, § V-2249

Promulgated by the Department of Environmental Quality, Office of Solid and Hazardous Waste, Hazardous Waste Division, LR 22:22 (January 1996), amended by the Office of Environmental Assessment, Environmental Planning Division, LR 25:1800 (October 1999), LR 27:712 (May 2001), Amended by the Office of the Secretary, Legal Affairs and Criminal Investigations Division, LR 46938 (7/1/2020).

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