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40 CFR 260.10 - Definitions. - Regulations - VLEX 19819125
PART 260: HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: GENERAL
260.10 - Definitions.
Above ground tank means a device meeting the definition of ?tank? in ? 260.10 and that is situated in such a way that the entire surface area of the tank is completely above the plane of the adjacent surrounding surface and the entire surface area of the tank (including the tank bottom) is able to be visually inspected.
Active portion means that portion of a facility where treatment, storage, or disposal operations are being or have been conducted after the effective date of part 261 of this chapter and which is not a closed portion. (See also ?closed portion? and ?inactive portion?.)
(2) The unit is one which the Regional Administrator has determined, on a case-by-case basis, to be a boiler, after considering the standards in ? 260.32.
Closed portion means that portion of a facility which an owner or operator has closed in accordance with the approved facility closure plan and all applicable closure requirements. (See also ?active portion? and ?inactive portion?.)
(iii) Is regulated under ? 261.6(c)(2) or subpart F of part 266 of this chapter; and
(iv) That has been designated on the manifest by the generator pursuant to ? 262.20.
(2) Designated facility also means a generator site designated on the manifest to receive its waste as a return shipment from a facility that has rejected the waste in accordance with ? 264.72(f) or ? 265.72(f) of this chapter.
Destination facility means a facility that treats, disposes of, or recycles a particular category of universal waste, except those management activities described in paragraphs (a) and (c) of ?? 273.13 and 273.33 of this chapter. A facility at which a particular category of universal waste is only accumulated, is not a destination facility for purposes of managing that category of universal waste.
(1) Is used for neutralizing wastes that are hazardous only because they exhibit the corrosivity characteristic defined in ? 261.22 of this chapter, or they are listed in subpart D of part 261 of the chapter only for this reason; and
(2) Meets the definition of tank, tank system, container, transport vehicle, or vessel in ? 260.10 of this chapter.
Region I?Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.
Region II?New York, New Jersey, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Region III?Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, and the District of Columbia.
Region IV?Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida.
Region V?Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.
Region VI?New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas.
Region VII?Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, and Iowa.
Region VIII?Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Colorado.
Region IX?California, Nevada, Arizona, Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Region X?Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Alaska.
Equivalent method means any testing or analytical method approved by the Administrator under ?? 260.20 and 260.21.
(ii) The owner or operator has entered into contractual obligations?which cannot be cancelled or modified without substantial loss?for physical construction of the facility to be completed within a reasonable time.
Existing tank system or existing component means a tank system or component that is used for the storage or treatment of hazardous waste and that is in operation, or for which installation has commenced on or prior to July 14, 1986. Installation will be considered to have commenced if the owner or operator has obtained all Federal, State, and local approvals or permits necessary to begin physical construction of the site or installation of the tank system and if either (1) a continuous on-site physical construction or installation program has begun, or (2) the owner or operator has entered into contractual obligations?which cannot be canceled or modified without substantial loss?for physical construction of the site or installation of the tank system to be completed within a reasonable time.
Final closure means the closure of all hazardous waste management units at the facility in accordance with all applicable closure requirements so that hazardous waste management activities under parts 264 and 265 of this chapter are no longer conducted at the facility unless subject to the provisions in ? 262.34.
(1) That such material is generated and reclaimed at the generating facility (for purposes of this defintion, generating facility means all contiguous property owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by the hazardous secondary material generator); or
(2) That such material is generated and reclaimed at different facilities, if the reclaiming facility is controlled by the generator or if both the generating facility and the reclaiming facility are controlled by a person as defined in ? 260.10, and if the generator provides one of the following certifications: ?on behalf of [insert generator facility name], I certify that this facility will send the indicated hazardous secondary material to [insert reclaimer facility name], which is controlled by [insert generator facility name] and that [insert the name of either facility] has acknowledged full responsibility for the safe management of the hazardous secondary material,? or ?on behalf of [insert generator facility name] I certify that this facility will send the indicated hazardous secondary material to [insert reclaimer facility name], that both facilities are under common control, and that [insert name of either facility] has acknowledged full responsibility for the safe management of the hazardous secondary material.? For purposes of this paragraph, ?control? means the power to direct the policies of the facility, whether by the ownership of stock, voting rights, or otherwise, except that contractors who operate facilities on behalf of a different person as defined in ? 260.10 shall not be deemed to ?control? such facilities, or
(3) That such material is generated pursuant to a written contract between a tolling contractor and a toll manufacturer and is reclaimed by the tolling contractor, if the tolling contractor certifies the following: ?On behalf of [insert tolling contractor name], I certify that [insert tolling contractor name], has a written contract with [insert toll manufacturer name] to manufacture [insert name of product or intermediate] which is made from specified unused materials, and that [insert tolling contractor name] will reclaim the hazardous secondary materials generated during this manufacture. On behalf of [insert tolling contractor name], I also certify that [insert tolling contractor name] retains ownership of, and responsibility for, the hazardous secondary materials that are generated during the course of the manufacture, including any releases of hazardous secondary materials that occur during the manufacturing process. For purposes of this paragraph, tolling contractor means a person who arranges for the production of a product or intermediate made from specified unused materials through a written contract with a toll manufacturer. Toll manufacturer means a person who produces a product or intermediate made from specified unused materials pursuant to a written contract with a tolling contractor.
Hazardous secondary material generator means any person whose act or process produces hazardous secondary materials at the generating facility. For purposes of this paragraph, ?generating facility? means all contiguous property owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by the hazardous secondary material generator. For the purposes of ? 261.2(a)(2)(ii) and ? 261.4(a)(23), a facility that collects hazardous secondary materials from other persons is not the hazardous secondary material generator.
Hazardous waste means a hazardous waste as defined in ? 261.3 of this chapter.
Hazardous waste constituent means a constituent that caused the Administrator to list the hazardous waste in part 261, subpart D, of this chapter, or a constituent listed in table 1 of ? 261.24 of this chapter.
Inactive portion means that portion of a facility which is not operated after the effective date of part 261 of this chapter. (See also ?active portion? and ?closed portion?.)
Inground tank means a device meeting the definition of ?tank? in ? 260.10 whereby a portion of the tank wall is situated to any degree within the ground, thereby preventing visual inspection of that external surface area of the tank that is in the ground.
Injection well means a well into which fluids are injected. (See also ?underground injection?.)
Lamp, also referred to as ?universal waste lamp?, is defined as the bulb or tube portion of an electric lighting device. A lamp is specifically designed to produce radiant energy, most often in the ultraviolet, visible, and infra-red regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. Examples of common universal waste electric lamps include, but are not limited to, fluorescent, high intensity discharge, neon, mercury vapor, high pressure sodium, and metal halide lamps.
New hazardous waste management facility or new facility means a facility which began operation, or for which construction commenced after November 19, 1980. (See also ?Existing hazardous waste management facility?.)
New tank system or new tank component means a tank system or component that will be used for the storage or treatment of hazardous waste --and for which installation has commenced after July 14, 1986; except, however, for purposes of ? 264.193(g)(2) and ? 265.193(g)(2), a new tank system is one for which construction commences after July 14, 1986. (See also ?existing tank system.?)
On ground tank means a device meeting the definition of ?tank? in ? 260.10 and that is situated in such a way that the bottom of the tank is on the same level as the adjacent surrounding surface so that the external tank bottom cannot be visually inspected.
(See also ?incineration? and ?thermal treatment?.)
Publicly owned treatment works or POTW means any device or system used in the treatment (including recycling and reclamation) of municipal sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature which is owned by a ?State? or ?municipality? (as defined by section 502(4) of the CWA). This definition includes sewers, pipes, or other conveyances only if they convey wastewater to a POTW providing treatment.
Replacement unit means a landfill, surface impoundment, or waste pile unit (1) from which all or substantially all of the waste is removed, and (2) that is subsequently reused to treat, store, or dispose of hazardous waste. ?Replacement unit? does not apply to a unit from which waste is removed during closure, if the subsequent reuse solely involves the disposal of waste from that unit and other closing units or corrective action areas at the facility, in accordance with an approved closure plan or EPA or State approved corrective action.
Solid waste means a solid waste as defined in ? 261.2 of this chapter.
Sump means any pit or reservoir that meets the definition of tank and those troughs/trenches connected to it that serve to collect hazardous waste for transport to hazardous waste storage, treatment, or disposal facilities; except that as used in the landfill, surface impoundment, and waste pile rules, ?sump? means any lined pit or reservoir that serves to collect liquids drained from a leachate collection and removal system or leak detection system for subsequent removal from the system.
Thermal treatment means the treatment of hazardous waste in a device which uses elevated temperatures as the primary means to change the chemical, physical, or biological character or composition of the hazardous waste. Examples of thermal treatment processes are incineration, molten salt, pyrolysis, calcination, wet air oxidation, and microwave discharge. (See also ?incinerator? and ?open burning?.)
Treatability Study means a study in which a hazardous waste is subjected to a treatment process to determine: (1) Whether the waste is amenable to the treatment process, (2) what pretreatment (if any) is required, (3) the optimal process conditions needed to achieve the desired treatment, (4) the efficiency of a treatment process for a specific waste or wastes, or (5) the characteristics and volumes of residuals from a particular treatment process. Also included in this definition for the purpose of the ? 261.4 (e) and (f) exemptions are liner compatibility, corrosion, and other material compatibility studies and toxicological and health effects studies. A ?treatability study? is not a means to commercially treat or dispose of hazardous waste.
Underground injection means the subsurface emplacement of fluids through a bored, drilled or driven well; or through a dug well, where the depth of the dug well is greater than the largest surface dimension. (See also ?injection well?.)
Underground tank means a device meeting the definition of ?tank? in ? 260.10 whose entire surface area is totally below the surface of and covered by the ground.
(1) Batteries as described in ? 273.2 of this chapter;
(2) Pesticides as described in ? 273.3 of this chapter;
(3) Mercury-containing equipment as described in ? 273.4 of this chapter; and
(4) Lamps as described in ? 273.5 of this chapter.
(2) Receives and treats or stores an influent wastewater that is a hazardous waste as defined in ? 261.3 of this chapter, or that generates and accumulates a wastewater treatment sludge that is a hazardous waste as defined in ? 261.3 of this chapter, or treats or stores a wastewater treatment sludge which is a hazardous waste as defined in ? 261.3 of this Chapter; and
(3) Meets the definition of tank or tank system in ? 260.10 of this chapter.
Well injection: (See ?underground injection?.)
For Federal Register citations affecting ? 260.10, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the Finding Aids section of the printed volume and at www.fdsys.gov.