Illinois Administrative Code › Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part 722 - STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO GENERATORS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE › Subpart L - ALTERNATIVE STANDARDS FOR EPISODIC GENERATION › Section 722.332 - Conditions for a Generator Managing Hazardous Waste from an Episodic Event

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) VSQGs. A VSQG
				may maintain its existing generator category for hazardous waste generated
				during an episodic event provided that the generator complies with the
				following conditions:
1) The VSQG is limited
				to one episodic event per calendar year, unless the Agency has determined that
				an additional episodic event is necessary, as provided in Section
				722.333;
2) Notification. The VSQG must notify the
				Agency no later than 30 calendar days prior to initiating a planned episodic
				event using Notification of RCRA Subtitle C Activities (Site Identification
				From) (USEPA Form 8700-12). In the event of an unplanned episodic event, the
				generator must notify Agency within 72 hours of the unplanned event via phone,
				email, or fax and subsequently submit USEPA Form 8700-12. The generator must
				include the start date and end date of the episodic event, the reasons for the
				event and the types and estimated quantities of hazardous waste expected to be
				generated as a result of the episodic event, and the generator must identify a
				facility contact and emergency coordinator with 24-hour telephone access to
				discuss the notification submittal or respond to an emergency in compliance
				with Section
				722.116(b)(9)(A);
BOARD NOTE: USEPA Form 8700-12 is available from the Agency,
				  Bureau of Land (217-782-6762). It is also available on-line for download in PDF
				  file format:
www.epa.gov/hwgenerators/instructions-and-form-hazardous-waste-generators-transporters-and-treatment-storage-and
.
3) USEPA Identification Number.
				The VSQG must have a USEPA identification number or obtain a USEPA
				identification number using USEPA Form 8700-12;
4) Accumulation. A VSQG is prohibited from
				accumulating hazardous waste generated from an episodic event on drip pads or
				in containment buildings. When accumulating hazardous waste in containers and
				tanks the following conditions apply:
A)
				Containers. A VSQG accumulating in containers must mark or label its containers
				with the following:
i) The words "Episodic
				Hazardous Waste";
ii) An indication
				of the hazards of the contents. Examples include, but are not limited to, the
				applicable hazardous waste characteristics (i.e., ignitable, corrosive,
				reactive, or toxic); hazard communication consistent with subpart E (Labelling)
				and subpart F (Placarding) of 49 CFR 172, incorporated by reference in 35 Ill.
				Adm. Code
				720.111; a hazard
				statement or pictogram consistent with
				29 CFR
				1910.1200 (Hazard Communication),
				incorporated by reference in 35 Ill. Adm. Code 720.111; or a chemical hazard
				label consistent with NFPA 704, incorporated by reference in 35 Ill. Adm. Code
				720.111; and
iii) The date when the
				episodic event began, clearly visible for inspection on each
				container.
B) Tanks. A
				VSQG accumulating episodic hazardous waste in tanks must do the following:
i) Mark or label the tank with the words
				"Episodic Hazardous Waste";
ii)
				Mark or label its tanks with an indication of the hazards of the contents.
				Examples include, but are not limited to, the applicable hazardous waste
				characteristics (i.e., ignitable, corrosive, reactive, or toxic); hazard
				communication consistent with subpart E (Labeling) and subpart F (Placarding)
				of 49 CFR 172, incorporated by reference in 35 Ill. Adm. Code 720.111; a hazard
				statement or pictogram consistent with
				29 CFR
				1910.1200 (Hazard Communication),
				incorporated by reference in 35 Ill. Adm. Code 720.111; or a chemical hazard
				label consistent with NFPA 704, incorporated by reference in 35 Ill. Adm. Code
				720.111;
iii) Use inventory logs,
				monitoring equipment, or other records to identify the date upon which each
				episodic event begins; and
iv) Keep
				inventory logs or records with the information required by subsection
				(a)(4)(B)(iii) on site and readily available for inspection.
C) The generator must manage
				hazardous waste in a manner that minimizes the possibility of a fire,
				explosion, or release of hazardous waste or hazardous waste constituents to the
				air, soil, or water;
i) Containers must be in
				good condition and compatible with the hazardous waste being accumulated in
				them. The generator must keep containers closed except to add or remove waste;
				and
ii) Tanks must be in good
				condition and compatible with the hazardous waste accumulated in them. Tanks
				must have procedures in place to prevent the overflow (e.g., be equipped with a
				means to stop inflow with systems such as a waste feed cutoff system or bypass
				system to a standby tank when hazardous waste is continuously fed into the
				tank). Tanks must be inspected at least once each operating day to ensure all
				applicable discharge control equipment, such as waste feed cutoff systems,
				bypass systems, and drainage systems are in good working order and to ensure
				that the generator operates the tank according to its design by reviewing the
				data gathered from monitoring equipment such as pressure and temperature gauges
				from the inspection.
5) The VSQG must comply with the hazardous
				waste manifest provisions of Subpart B when the VSQG sends its episodic event
				hazardous waste off site to a designated facility, as defined in 35 Ill. Adm.
				Code
				720.110.
6) The VSQG has up to 60 calendar days from
				the start of the episodic event to manifest and send its hazardous waste
				generated from the episodic event to a designated facility, as defined in 35
				Ill. Adm. Code 720.110.
7) A VSQG
				must maintain the following records for three years from the end date of the
				episodic event:
A) The beginning and end
				dates of the episodic event;
B) A
				description of the episodic event;
C) A description of the types and quantities
				of hazardous wastes generated during the event;
D) A description of how the hazardous waste
				was managed, as well as the name of the RCRA-designated facility that received
				the hazardous waste;
E) The names
				of hazardous waste transporters; and
F) The approval letter from the Agency if the
				generator requested the Agency under Section
				722.333
				to conduct one additional episodic event per calendar year.