La. Admin. Code tit. 33 § V-2515

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024

Section V-2515 - Special Requirements for Bulk and Containerized Liquids

A. The placement of bulk or noncontainerized liquid hazardous waste or hazardous waste containing free liquids (whether or not sorbents have been added) in any landfill is prohibited.

B. Containers holding free liquids must not be placed in a landfill unless:

1. all free-standing liquids:

a. have been removed by decanting, or other methods;

b. have been mixed with sorbent or solidified so that the free-standing liquid is no longer present; or

c. have been otherwise eliminated; or

2. the container is very small such as an ampule; or

3. the container is designed to hold free liquids for use other than storage, such as a battery or capacitor; or

4. the container is a lab pack as defined in LAC 33:V.109 and is disposed of in accordance with LAC 33:V.2519.

C. To demonstrate the absence or presence of free liquids in either a containerized or a bulk waste, the following test must be used: Method 9095B (Paint Filter Liquids Test) as described in Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods, EPA Publication SW-846, as incorporated by reference in LAC 33:V.110.

D. The placement of any liquid which is not a hazardous waste in a landfill is prohibited unless the owner or operator of such landfill demonstrates to the administrative authority, or the administrative authority determines, that:

1. the only reasonably available alternative to the placement in such landfill is placement in a landfill or unlined surface impoundment, whether or not permitted or operating under interim status, which contains, or may reasonably be anticipated to contain, hazardous waste; and

2. placement in such owner's or operator's landfill will not present a risk of contamination of any underground source of drinking water or groundwater (as these terms are defined in LAC 33:V.109).

E. Sorbents used to treat free liquids to be disposed of in landfills must be nonbiodegradable. Nonbiodegradable sorbents are: materials listed or described in this Subsection; materials that pass one of the tests in Paragraph E.2 of this Section; or materials that are determined by the administrative authority to be nonbiodegradable through the petition process in LAC 33:I.Chapter 9.

1. Nonbiodegradable Sorbents. The following materials are nonbiodegradable sorbents:

a. inorganic minerals, other inorganic materials, and elemental carbon, such as aluminosilicates, clays, smectites, Fuller's earth, bentonite, calcium bentonite, montmorillonite, calcined montmorillonite, kaolinite, micas (illite), vermiculites, zeolites; calcium carbonate (organic free limestone); oxides/hydroxides, alumina, lime, silica (sand), diatomaceous earth; perlite (volcanic glass); expanded volcanic rock; volcanic ash; cement kiln dust; fly ash; rice hull ash; activated charcoal/activated carbon; or

b. high molecular weight synthetic polymers, such as polyethylene, high density polyethylene (HDPE), polypropylene, polystyrene, polyurethane, polyacrylate, polynorborene, polyisobutylene, ground synthetic rubber, cross-linked allylstyrene and tertiary butyl copolymers. This does not include polymers derived from biological material or polymers specifically designed to be degradable; or

c. mixtures of these nonbiodegradable materials.

2. Tests for Nonbiodegradable Sorbents

a. The sorbent material is determined to be nonbiodegradable under ASTM Method G21-70 (1984a)-Standard Practice for Determining Resistance of Synthetic Polymer Materials to Fungi.

b. The sorbent material is determined to be nonbiodegradable under ASTM Method G22-76 (1984b)-Standard Practice for Determining Resistance of Plastics to Bacteria.

c. The sorbent material is determined to be nonbiodegradable under OECD test 301B: [CO₂ Evolution (Modified Sturm Test)].

La. Admin. Code tit. 33, § V-2515

Promulgated by the Department of Environmental Quality, Office of Solid and Hazardous Waste, Hazardous Waste Division, in LR 10:200 (March 1984), amended LR 16:220 (March 1990), LR 20:1000 (September 1994), LR 21:266 (March 1995), LR 22:821 (September 1996), amended by the Office of the Secretary, LR 23:299 (March 1997),amended by the Office of Waste Services, Hazardous Waste Division, LR 24:680 (April 1998), amended by the Office of the Secretary, Legal Affairs Division, LR 34:998 (June 2008).

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