Section R315-264-271 - Treatment Program(a) An owner or operator subject to Sections R315-264-270 through 283 shall establish a land treatment program that is designed to ensure that hazardous constituents placed in or on the treatment zone are degraded, transformed, or immobilized within the treatment zone. The Director shall specify in the facility permit the elements of the treatment program, including: (1) The wastes that are capable of being treated at the unit based on a demonstration under Section R315-264-272; (2) Design measures and operating practices necessary to maximize the success of degradation, transformation, and immobilization processes in the treatment zone in accordance with Subsection R315-264-273(a); and (3) Unsaturated zone monitoring provisions meeting the requirements of Section R315-264-278. (b) The Director shall specify in the facility permit the hazardous constituents that shall be degraded, transformed, or immobilized under Sections R315-264-270 through 283. Hazardous constituents are constituents identified in appendix VIII of Rule R315-261 that are reasonably expected to be in, or derived from, waste placed in or on the treatment zone. (c) The Director shall specify the vertical and horizontal dimensions of the treatment zone in the facility permit. The treatment zone is the portion of the unsaturated zone below and including the land surface in which the owner or operator intends to maintain the conditions necessary for effective degradation, transformation, or immobilization of hazardous constituents. The maximum depth of the treatment zone shall be: (1) No more than 1.5 meters, 5 feet, from the initial soil surface; and (2) More than 1 meter, 3 feet, above the seasonal high water table. Utah Admin. Code R315-264-271
Adopted by Utah State Bulletin Number 2016-9, effective 4/15/2016