Illinois Administrative Code › Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part 722 - STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO GENERATORS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE › Subpart A - GENERAL › Section 722.115 - Satellite Accumulation Area Regulations for a Small Quantity Generator or Large Quantity Generator

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) A
				generator may accumulate as much as 55 gallons (208 l) of non-acute hazardous
				waste or either one quart (0.94 l) of liquid acute hazardous waste listed in 35
				Ill. Adm. Code
				721.131
				or
				721.133(e)
				or 1 kg (2.2 lbs) of solid acute hazardous waste listed in 35 Ill. Adm. Code
				721.131
				or
				721.133(e)
				in containers at or near any point of generation where wastes initially
				accumulate that is under the control of the operator of the process generating
				the waste, without a permit or interim status and without complying with the
				requirements of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 702, 703, 705, and 724 through 727, provided
				that the generator complies with all of the conditions for exemption in this
				Section. A generator may comply with the conditions for exemption in this
				Section instead of complying with the conditions for exemption in Section
				722.116(b)
				or
				722.117(a),
				except as required in Section 722.115(a)(7) and (a)(8). The conditions for
				exemption for satellite accumulation are the following:
1) If a container holding hazardous waste is
				not in good condition, or if the container begins to leak, the generator must
				immediately transfer the hazardous waste from the leaking container to a
				container that is in good condition and not leaking, or immediately transfer
				and manage the waste in a central accumulation area operated in compliance with
				Section
				722.116(b)
				or
				722.117(a).
2) The generator must use a container made of
				or lined with materials that will not react with and that are otherwise
				compatible with the hazardous waste to be accumulated, so that the ability of
				the container to contain the waste is not impaired.
3) Special Standards for Incompatible Wastes
A) The generator must not place incompatible
				wastes or incompatible wastes and materials (see appendix V of 40 C.F.R. 265,
				incorporated by reference in 35 Ill. Adm. Code
				720.111, for examples)
				in the same container, unless the generator complies with Section
				725.117(b).
B) The generator must not place hazardous
				waste in an unwashed container that previously held an incompatible waste or
				material (see appendix V of 40 C.F.R. 265, incorporated by reference in 35 Ill.
				Adm. Code 720.111, for examples), unless the generator complies with Section
				725.117(b).
C) The generator must separate a container
				holding hazardous waste or otherwise protect it by any practical means from any
				other incompatible waste or other materials accumulated nearby in other
				containers.
4) A
				container holding hazardous waste must be closed at all times during
				accumulation, except at the following times:
A) When the generator is adding, removing, or
				consolidating waste; or
B) When the
				generator is engaged in necessary temporary venting of a container for either
				of the following reasons:
i) For the proper
				operation of equipment; or
ii) To
				prevent dangerous situations, such as build-up of extreme pressure.
5) A generator must
				mark or label its container with the following:
A) The words "Hazardous Waste"; and
B) 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) listed
				in Subpart C or D of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 721; 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.
6) A generator
				who accumulates either acute hazardous waste listed in 35 Ill. Adm. Code
				721.131
				or
				721.133(e)
				or non-acute hazardous waste in excess of the amounts listed in subsection (a)
				at or near any point of generation must do the following:
A) Either:
i) Comply within three consecutive calendar
				days with the applicable central accumulation area regulations in Section
				722.116(b)
				or
				722.117(a);
				or
ii) Remove the excess from the
				satellite accumulation area within three consecutive calendar days to any of a
				central accumulation area operated in accordance with the applicable
				regulations in Section
				722.116(b)
				or
				722.117(a),
				an on-site interim status or permitted treatment, storage, or disposal
				facility; or an off-site designated facility.
B) During the three-consecutive-calendar-day
				period provided by subsection (a)(6)(A)(ii), the generator must continue to
				comply with subsections (a)(1) through (a)(5). The generator must mark or label
				the containers holding the excess accumulation of hazardous waste with the date
				the excess amount began accumulating.
7) All satellite accumulation areas operated
				by an SQG must meet the preparedness and prevention regulations of Section
				722.116(b)(8)
				and emergency procedures at Section
				722.116(b)(9).
8) All satellite accumulation areas operated
				by an LQG must meet the Preparedness, Prevention and Emergency Procedures in
				Subpart M.