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Timestamp: 2019-07-18 20:17:52
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 3005', 'art 261', 'art 261', 'arts 171', '§ 6901', 'art 261', 'art 263', 'art 263', 'art 270']

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9VAC20-60-17
9VAC20-60-17. Definitions created by these regulations.
"Administrator" means the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency or his designee. See 9VAC20-60-14 B 1.
"Another regulation of the Virginia Administrative Code" means any regulation that is not in 9VAC20-60, the Virginia Hazardous Waste Management Regulations.
"Application, Part A" means that part of the application that a permit applicant shall complete to qualify for interim status under § 3005(e) of RCRA or this chapter and for consideration for a permit.
"Application, Part B" means that part of the application that a permit applicant shall complete to be considered for a permit as required by 9VAC20-60-1010 9VAC20-60-270.
"Approved program" means a state program that has been approved by the U.S. EPA. An "approved state" is one administering an "approved program" under the hazardous waste management provisions of RCRA.
"Authorization (authorized program)" means a state hazardous waste program that has been approved under the authorities of RCRA.
"Authorized representative" means the manager, superintendent, or person of equivalent responsibility responsible for the overall operation of a facility or an operational unit (i.e., part of a facility).
"Emergency permit" means a permit issued where an imminent and substantial endangerment to human health or the environment is determined to exist by the director.
"EPA" means the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. See 9VAC20-60-14 B 2.
"EPA identification number" means the number assigned by EPA or the department to each hazardous waste generator, hazardous waste transporter, or hazardous waste facility.
"EPA hazardous waste number" means the number assigned by EPA to each waste listed in Subpart D of 40 CFR Part 261 and to each waste exhibiting a characteristic identified in Subpart C of 40 CFR Part 261.
"Hazardous material" means a substance or material which has been determined by the Secretary of Transportation to be capable of posing an unreasonable risk to health, safety, and property when transported in commerce, and which has been so designated under 49 CFR Parts 171 and 173.
"HSWA" means the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 (P.L. 98-616).
"HSWA drip pad" means a drip pad where F032 wastes are handled.
"HSWA tank" means a tank owned or operated by a small quantity generator or an underground tank for which construction commenced after July 14, 1986, or an underground tank that cannot be entered for inspection.
"HWM" means hazardous waste management.
"Non-HSWA tank" means any tank that is not a HSWA tank.
"Non-HSWA drip pad" means a drip pad where F034 or F035 wastes are handled.
"Permit" means a control document issued by the Commonwealth pursuant to this chapter, or by the EPA administrator pursuant to applicable federal regulations. The term "permit" includes any functional equivalent such as an authorization, license, emergency permit, or permit by rule. It does not include interim status under RCRA or this chapter, nor does it include draft permits.
"Permitted hazardous waste management facility" or "permitted facility" means a hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facility that has received an EPA or Commonwealth permit in accordance with the requirements of this chapter or a permit from an authorized state program.
"Qualified engineer" or "engineer" means a professional engineer certified to practice in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
"RCRA" means the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (42 USC § 6901 et seq.).
"Regulation" means the control, direction and governance of solid and hazardous waste activities by means of the adoption and enforcement of laws, ordinances, rules and regulations.
"Responsible individual" means an individual authorized to sign official documents for and act on behalf of a company or organization. See also "authorized representative."
"State director" means the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality.
"These regulations" means 9VAC20-60, the Virginia Hazardous Waste Management Regulations.
"VHWMR" means 9VAC20-60, the Virginia Hazardous Waste Management Regulations.
B. Terms used in liability insurance requirements. In the liability insurance requirements, the terms "bodily injury" and "property damage" shall have the meanings given these terms by the case law of the Virginia court system. However, these terms do not include those liabilities which, consistent with standard industry practices, are excluded from coverage in liability policies for bodily injury and property damage. The department intends the meanings of other terms used in the liability insurance requirements to be consistent with their common meanings within the insurance industry.
Except as noted, when a regulation of the United States Environmental Protection Agency set forth in Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations is referenced and incorporated herein, that regulation shall be as it exists and has been published in the July 1, 2015 2017, update.
1. In 40 CFR 260.10, the term "Administrator" shall mean the administrator Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency or his designee.
5. In 40 CFR 260.10, the term "Regional Administrator" shall mean the regional administrator Regional Administrator of Region III of the United States Environmental Protection Agency or his designee.
3. In 40 CFR 261.4(f)(1), the term "Regional Administrator" shall mean the regional administrator Regional Administrator of Region III of the United States Environmental Protection Agency or his designee.
5. No hazardous waste from a conditionally exempt small quantity generator shall be managed as described in 40 CFR 261.5(g)(3)(iv) or 40 CFR 261.5(g)(3)(v) unless such waste management is in full compliance with all requirements of the Solid Waste Management Regulations (9VAC20-81) Reserved.
7. In Subparts B and D of 40 CFR Part 261, the term "Administrator" shall mean the administrator Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, and the term "Director" shall not supplant "Administrator" throughout Subparts B and D.
11. In 40 CFR 261.2(a), reference to 40 CFR 260.30, 40 CFR 260.31, and 40 CFR 260.34 are replaced by analogous provisions of Part XIV (9VAC20-60-1370 et seq.) of this chapter
2. In 40 CFR 262.12, 40 CFR 262.53, 40 CFR 262.54, 40 CFR 262.55, 40 CFR 262.56, and 40 CFR 262.57 262.18 and 40 CFR 262 Subpart H, the term "Administrator" shall mean the administrator Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency or his designee.
3. In 40 CFR 262.12, 40 CFR 262.53, 40 CFR 262.54, 40 CFR 262.55, 40 CFR 262.56, and 40 CFR 262.57, 262.18 and 40 CFR 262 Subpart H, the term "Regional Administrator" shall mean the regional administrator Regional Administrator of Region III of the United States Environmental Protection Agency or his designee.
4. For accumulation areas established before March 1, 1988, all large quantity generators shall notify the department of each location where he accumulates hazardous waste in accordance with 40 CFR 262.34 by March 1, 1988. For accumulation areas established after March 1, 1988, he a large quantity generator shall notify the department and document in the operating record that he intends to accumulate hazardous waste in accordance with 40 CFR 262.34 262.17 prior to or immediately upon the establishment of each 90-day accumulation area. In the case of a new large quantity generator who creates such accumulation areas after March 1, 1988, he shall notify the department at the time the generator files the Notification of Hazardous Waste Activity EPA Form 8700‑12 that he intends to accumulate hazardous waste in accordance with 40 CFR 262.34 262.18. This notification shall specify the exact location of the 90-day accumulation area at the site.
9VAC20-60-263
A. Except as otherwise provided, the regulations of the United States Environmental Protection Agency set forth in 40 CFR Part 263 are hereby incorporated as part of the Virginia Hazardous Waste Management Regulations. Except as otherwise provided, all material definitions, reference materials, and other ancillaries that are parts of 40 CFR Part 263 are also hereby incorporated as parts of the Virginia Hazardous Waste Management Regulations.
1. Additional requirements for transportation of hazardous materials are included in Part VII (9VAC20-60-420 et seq.) of this chapter and in the Regulations Governing the Transportation of Hazardous Materials (9VAC20-110).
2. Sections of 40 CFR 263.10(d), 40 CFR 263.20(a)(2), 40 CFR 263.21(a)(2), 40 CFR 263.30, and 40 CFR 263.31 are not incorporated by reference and are not a part of the Virginia Hazardous Waste Management Regulations. See 9VAC20-60-490 for requirements related to transportation discharge management.
3. In 40 CFR 264.12(a), the term "Regional Administrator" shall mean the regional administrator Regional Administrator of Region III of the United States Environmental Protection Agency or his designee.
5. In addition to the notifications required by 40 CFR 264.56(d)(2), notification shall be made to the on-scene coordinator, the National Response Center, and the Virginia Department of Emergency Management, Emergency Operations Center. In the associated report filed under 40 CFR 264.56(j) 264.56(i), the owner or operator shall include such other information specifically requested by the director, which is reasonably necessary and relevant to the purpose of an operating record.
18. The following text shall be substituted for 40 CFR 264.144(b): "During the active life of the facility and the post-closure period, the owner or operator must adjust the post-closure cost estimate for inflation within 60 days prior to the anniversary date of the establishment of the financial instrument(s) instruments used to comply with 40 CFR 264.145. For owners or operators using the financial test or corporate guarantee, the post-closure cost estimate must be updated for inflation within 30 days after the close of the firm's fiscal year and before the submission of updated information to the department as specified in 40 CFR 264.145(f)(5). The adjustment may be made by recalculating the post-closure cost estimate in current dollars or by using an inflation factor derived from the most recent Implicit Price Deflator for Gross National Product published by the U.S. Department of Commerce in its Survey of Current Business as specified in 40 CFR 264.142(b)(1) and (2). The inflation factor is the result of dividing the latest published annual Deflator by the Deflator for the previous year.
c. Before transferring ownership or operation of a facility during its operating life, or of a disposal facility during the post-closure care period, the owner or operator shall notify the new owner or operator in writing of the requirements contained in this section and 9VAC20-60-270. An owner or operator's failure to notify the new owner or operator of the above requirements in this section and 9VAC20-60-270 in no way relieves the new owner or operator of his obligation to comply with all applicable requirements.
4. In 40 CFR 265.12(a), the term "Regional Administrator" shall mean the regional administrator Regional Administrator of Region III of the United States Environmental Protection Agency or his designee.
6. In addition to the notifications required by 40 CFR 265.56(d)(2), notification shall be made to the on-scene coordinator, the National Response Center, and the Virginia Department of Emergency Management, Emergency Operations Center. In the associated report filed under 40 CFR 265.56(j) 265.56(i), the owner or operator shall include such other information specifically requested by the director, which is reasonably necessary and relevant to the purpose of an operating record.
e. Testing for mercury releases from lamp crushing units shall be performed using a mercury vapor analyzer that has been approved for the application by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration or the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry or a comparable device that has been calibrated by the manufacturer or laboratory providing the equipment. Mercury vapor monitors used for testing must be capable of detecting mercury at the applicable concentrations provided below or lower in air and must be equipped with a data recording device to provide a record of measurements taken. Mercury monitoring data shall be documented and available for inspection in accordance with subdivision 21 g of this subsection. The acute exposure protectiveness standard is 300 µg/m3 for a 10-minute exposure with the understanding that the acute exposure protectiveness standard is considered a ceiling value and at no time during bulb crushing operation will the air concentrations of mercury exceed 300 µg/m3. The following are risk-based protectiveness standards at a distance of five feet from the bulb crushing unit:
9VAC20-60-268
3. In 40 CFR 268.5, 40 CFR 268.6, 40 CFR 268.10, 40 CFR 268.11, 40 CFR 268.12, 40 CFR 268.40(b), 40 CFR 268.42(b), and 40 CFR 268.44(a) through (g) (m), the term "Administrator" shall mean the administrator Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency or his designee, the term "Regional Administrator" shall mean the regional administrator Regional Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency for Region III or his designee, and the term "EPA" shall mean the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
4. In 40 CFR 268.9(d) 268.7(d), the term "EPA Region or authorized State" shall mean the Commonwealth of Virginia.
9VAC20-60-270
2. In 40 CFR 270.5, the term "Administrator" shall mean the administrator Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency or his designee.
3. In 40 CFR 270.5, the term "Regional Administrator" shall mean the regional administrator Regional Administrator of Region III of the United States Environmental Protection Agency or his designee.
b. Detailed plans and an engineering report describing how the requirements of 40 CFR 264.90(b)(2) will be met Reserved.
16. Part XII (9VAC20-60-1260 through 9VAC20-60-1285) 9VAC20-60-1286) of this chapter applies to all permitted facilities, to facilities operating under interim status, to facilities subject to an order or agreement, and to all large quantity generators. In addition to permit application fees, a permitted treatment, storage, and disposal facility is assessed an annual fee. A facility that operates under interim status, a facility that is subject to an order or agreement, and a large quantity generator are also assessed annual fees.
17. Regardless of the provisions of 9VAC20-60-18, the revisions to 40 CFR Part 270 as promulgated by U.S. EPA on October 30, 2008, (73 FR 64757‑64788) (definition of solid waste rule) are not adopted herein.
18. In 40 CFR 270.5, the term "Director" and "State Director" shall mean the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality or his designee.
9VAC20-60-273