CHAPTER IV QUALITY SERVICES 

### § 373-2.1



## SUBPART 

## 373-2

FINAL STATUS STANDARDS FOROWNERS AND OPERATORS OF

HAZARDOUS WASTE TREATMENT, STORAGE ANDDISPOSAL FACILITIES

Sec. 373-2.1 373-2.2 373-2.3 373-2.4 373-2.5 373-2.6 373-2.7 373-2.8 373-2.9 373-2.10 373-2.11 373-2.12**373~2.l3** 373-2.14 373-2.15 373-2.16-373-2.18 373-2.19 373-2.20-373-2.22 373-2.23 373-2.24 373+2.25-373-226 373-2.27 373-2.28 373-2.29 373-2.30 373-2.31 General General facility standards Preparedness and prevention Contingency plan and emergency procedures Manifest system, recordkeeping and reporting Releases from solid waste management units Closure and post-closure Financial requirements Use and management ofcontainers Tank systems Surfaceimpoundments Waste piles Land treatment Secure landburial facilities Incinerators

[Reserved] Special provisions for cleanup [Reserved] Drip pads Miscellaneous units

[Reserved] Air emission standards for process vents Air emission standards for equipment leaks Air emission standards for tanks, surface impoundments, and containers Containmentbuildings Hazardous waste munitions and explosives storage

HistoricalNote Subpart (§§ 373-2.1**~373-2.15)** filed May 14, 1985 err. 60 days after filing. 

### § 373-2.1 General.

(a) 

### Purpose, scope and applicability. (l) 

### The purpose of this Subpart is to establish minimum State standards which define the acceptable managementofhazardous waste.

(2) The standards in this Subpart apply to 

### owners and operators of all facilities which treat. store or dispose of hazardous waste, except as specifically provided otherwise in this Part or Part 371 of this Title.

(3) The requirements of this Subpart apply to 

### a person disposing of hazardous waste by means of ocean disposal subject to a permit issued under the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act (see section 370.l[e] of this Title), only to 

### the extent they are required by the exemption granted to such a person under section 373-1.1(d) of this Part.

Note: These Subpart 373-2 regulations do apply to the treatmentor storage of hazardous waste before it is loaded onto an ocean vessel for incineration or disposal at sea. 

### (4) The requirements of this Subpart apply to a person disposing of hazardous waste by means of underground injection subject to a permit issued under an Underground Injection Control (UIC) program approved or promulgated under the Safe Drinking Water Act only to**07~15-2005** 6188.5 Conservation

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the extent they are required

### by the exemption granted to such a person under section 373-1.1 (d) of this Part (see section 370.1[eJ ofthis Title).

Note: These Subpart**373~2** regulations do apply to the aboveground treatment or storage of hazardous waste before itis injected underground. 

### (5) The requirements of this Subpart apply to 

### the owner or operator of a publicly owned treatment works which treats, stores or disposes ofhazardous waste only to the extentthey are required 

### bythe exemption granted to such person under section 373-1.l(d) of this Part.



### (6) The requirements of this Subpart apply to those portions of a facility managing recyclable materialsdescribed in section 371.1 (g)(l)(ii) and (iv) of this Title only to theextent 

### that the requirements of this Subpart are referred to in sections 374-1.3,**374~1.6,** 

### 374-1.7, 374-1.8. or Subpart 374-2 of this Title.



### (7) Universal waste handlers and transporters 

### (asdefined in section 370.2[b] of this Title) are subject to 

### regulation under Subpart 374-3 of this Title, when handling the below-listed 

### universal wastes: (i) batteries 

### asdescribed in section 374-3.1 (b) of this Title: (ii) 

### pesticides 

### asdescribed in section**374~3.1(c)** 

### of this Title; (iii) thermostats as described in section 374-3.1(d) of this Title; and (iv) lamps as described in section 374-3.l(e) of this Title. (8) Section 374-1.13(f) of this Title identifies when the requirements of this Subpart apply to the storage of military munitions classified as solid waste under section 374-1.l3(c) of this Title. The 

### treatment and disposal of hazardous waste military munitions are subject to the applicable permitting, procedural, and technical standards in Parts 370 through 374 and 376 of this Title.

(9) The requirements of sections 373-2.2. 373-2.3. 373-2.4 and 373-2.6(1) ofthis Subpart 

### do not apply to remediation waste management sites. (However, some remediation waste management sites may be a part of a facility that is subject to a traditional RCRA 

### permit because the facility is also treating, storing or disposing of hazardous wastes that are not remediation wastes. 

### In these cases, sections 373-2.2, 373-2.3, 373-2.4 and 373-2.6(1) of this Subpart do apply to the facility subject to the traditional RCRA permit.) 

### Instead of the requirements of sections**373~2.2,** 

### 373-2.3, and 373-2.4 of this Subpart. owners or operators of remediation waste management sites must: (i) obtain an EPA identification number by applying to the USEPA Region II 

### administrator using EPA form 

### 8700-12;

(ii) 

### obtain a detailed chemical and physical analysis of a 

### representative sample of the hazardous remediation wastes to be managed at the site. At a minimum, the analysis must contain all of the information which must be known to treat, store or dispose of the waste according to this subpart and Part 376 of this Title, and must be kept accurate and up to date;

(iii) prevent people who are unaware of the danger from entering, and minimize the possibility for unauthorized people or 

### livestock to enter onto the active portion of the remediation waste management site, unless the owner or operator can demonstrate to 

### the department that: (a) 

### physical contact with the waste. structures, or equipment within the active portion of the remediation waste management site will not injure people or livestock who may enter the active portion of the remediation waste management site; and

(b) 

### disturbance of the waste or equipment by people or livestock who enter onto the active portion of the remediation waste management site, will not cause a violation of the requirements of this Subpart; (iv) inspect the remediation waste management site for malfunctions. deterioration. operator errors. and discharges that may be causing. 

### or may lead to, a release of hazardous waste constituents to the environment. or a threat to human health. The owner or operator must conduct these inspections often enough to identify problems in time to 

### correct them

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