California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 4.5 - Environmental Health Standards for the Management of Hazardous Waste › Chapter 15 - Interim Status Standards for Owners and Operators of Hazardous Waste Transfer, Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities › Article 28.5 - Air Emission Standards for Tanks, Surface Impoundments, and Containers › Section 66265.1083 - Standards: General

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
				  This section applies to the management of hazardous waste in tanks, surface
				  impoundments, and containers subject to this article.
(b) The owner or operator shall control air
				  pollutant emissions from each hazardous waste management unit in accordance
				  with standards specified in sections
				  66265.1085 through
				  66265.1088 as applicable to the
				  hazardous waste management unit, except as provided for in subsection (c) of
				  this section.
(c) A tank, surface
				  impoundment, or container is exempt from standards specified in sections
				  66265.1085 through
				  66265.1088 as applicable, provided
				  that the waste management unit is one of the following:
(1) A tank, surface impoundment, or container
				  for which all hazardous waste entering the unit has an average VO concentration
				  at the point of waste origination of less than 500 parts per million by weight
				  (ppmw). The average VO concentration shall be determined using the procedures
				  specified in section
				  66265.1084(a) of
				  this article. The owner or operator shall review and update, as necessary, this
				  determination at least once every 12 months following the date of the initial
				  determination for the hazardous waste streams entering the unit.
(2) A tank, surface impoundment, or container
				  for which the organic content of all the hazardous waste entering the waste
				  management unit has been reduced by an organic destruction or removal process
				  that achieves any one of the following conditions:
(A) A process that removes or destroys the
				  organics contained in the hazardous waste to a level such that the average VO
				  concentration of the hazardous waste at the point of waste treatment is less
				  than the exit concentration limit (Ct) established for
				  the process. The average VO concentration of the hazardous waste at the point
				  of waste treatment and the exit concentration limit for the process shall be
				  determined using the procedures specified in section
				  66265.1084(b).
(B) A process that removes or destroys the
				  organics contained in the hazardous waste to a level such that the organic
				  reduction efficiency (R) for the process is equal to or greater than 95
				  percent, and the average VO concentration of the hazardous waste at the point
				  of waste treatment is less than 100 ppmw. The organic reduction efficiency for
				  the process and the average VO concentration of the hazardous waste at the
				  point of waste treatment shall be determined using the procedures specified in
				  section 66265.1084(b).
(C) A process that removes or destroys the
				  organics contained in the hazardous waste to a level such that the actual
				  organic mass removal rate (MR) for the process is equal to or greater than the
				  required organic mass removal rate (RMR) established for the process. The
				  required organic mass removal rate and the actual organic mass removal rate for
				  the process shall be determined using the procedures specified in section
				  66265.1084(b).
(D) A biological process that destroys or
				  degrades the organics contained in the hazardous waste, such that either of the
				  following conditions is met:
1. The organic
				  reduction efficiency (R) for the process is equal to or greater than 95
				  percent, and the organic biodegradation efficiency
				  (Rbio) for the process is equal to or greater than 95
				  percent. The organic reduction efficiency and the organic biodegradation
				  efficiency for the process shall be determined using the procedures specified
				  in section
				  66265.1084(b).
2. The total actual organic mass
				  biodegradation rate (MRbio) for all hazardous waste
				  treated by the process is equal to or greater than the required organic mass
				  removal rate (RMR). The required organic mass removal rate and the actual
				  organic mass biodegradation rate for the process shall be determined using the
				  procedures specified in section
				  66265.1084(b).
(E) A process that removes or destroys the
				  organics contained in the hazardous waste and meets all of the following
				  conditions:
1. From the point of waste
				  origination through the point where the hazardous waste enters the treatment
				  process, the hazardous waste is managed continuously in waste management units
				  which use air emission controls in accordance with the standards specified in
				  sections 66265.1085 through
				  66265.1088 as applicable to the
				  waste management unit.
2. From the
				  point of waste origination through the point where the hazardous waste enters
				  the treatment process, any transfer of the hazardous waste is accomplished
				  through continuous hard-piping or other closed system transfer that does not
				  allow exposure of the waste to the atmosphere. The EPA considers a drain system
				  that meets the requirements of 40 CFR part 63 , subpart RR--National Emission
				  Standards for Individual Drain Systems to be a closed system.
3. The average VO concentration of the
				  hazardous waste at the point of waste treatment is less than the lowest average
				  VO concentration at the point of waste origination determined for each of the
				  individual waste streams entering the process or 500 ppmw, whichever value is
				  lower. The average VO concentration of each individual waste stream at the
				  point of waste origination shall be determined using the procedures specified
				  in section
				  66265.1084(a).
				  The average VO concentration of the hazardous waste at the point of waste
				  treatment shall be determined using the procedures specified in section
				  66265.1084(b).
(F) A process that removes or destroys the
				  organics contained in the hazardous waste to a level such that the organic
				  reduction efficiency (R) for the process is equal to or greater than 95 percent
				  and the owner or operator certifies that the average VO concentration at the
				  point of waste origination for each of the individual waste streams entering
				  the process is less than 10,000 ppmw. The organic reduction efficiency for the
				  process and the average VO concentration of the hazardous waste at the point of
				  waste origination shall be determined using the procedures specified in
				  sections 66265.1084(b) and
				  66265.1084(a),
				  respectively.
(G) A hazardous waste
				  incinerator for which the owner or operator has either:
1. Been issued a final permit under chapter
				  20 which implements the requirements of chapter 14, article 15; or
2. Has designed and operates the incinerator
				  in accordance with the interim status requirements of chapter 15, article 15 of
				  this division.
(H) A
				  boiler or industrial furnace for which the owner or operator has either:
1. Been issued a final permit under chapter
				  20 which implements the requirements of chapter 16, article 8, or
2. Has designed and operates the boiler or
				  industrial furnace in accordance with the interim status requirements of
				  chapter 16, article 8 of this division.
(I) For the purpose of determining the
				  performance of an organic destruction or removal process in accordance with the
				  conditions in each of subsections (c)(2)(A) through (c)(2)(F) of this section,
				  the owner or operator shall account for VO concentrations determined to be
				  below the limit of detection of the analytical method by using the following VO
				  concentration:
1. If Method 25D in 40 CFR
				  part 60 , appendix A is used for the analysis, one-half the blank value
				  determined in the method at section
				  4.4 of Method 25D in 40 CFR part
				  60 , appendix A, or a value of 25 ppmw, whichever is less.
2. If any other analytical method is used,
				  one-half the sum of the limits of detection established for each organic
				  constituent in the waste that has a Henry's law constant value at least 0.1
				  mole-fraction-in-the-gas-phase/mole-fraction-in-the-liquid-phase (0.1 Y/X)
				  [which can also be expressed as 1.8 x 10-6
				  atmospheres/gram-mole/m3] at 25 degrees
				  Celsius.
(3) A
				  tank or surface impoundment used for biological treatment of hazardous waste in
				  accordance with the requirements of subsection (c)(2)(D) of this
				  section.
(4) A tank, surface
				  impoundment, or container for which all hazardous waste placed in the unit
				  either:
(A) Meets the numerical concentration
				  limits for organic hazardous constituents, applicable to the hazardous waste,
				  as specified in chapter 18--Land Disposal Restrictions under Table "Treatment
				  Standards for Hazardous Waste" in section
				  66268.40; or
(B) The organic hazardous constituents in the
				  waste have been treated by the treatment technology established by the
				  Department for the waste in section
				  66268.42(a), or
				  have been removed or destroyed by an equivalent method of treatment approved by
				  the Department pursuant to section
				  66268.42(b).
(5) A tank used for bulk feed of hazardous
				  waste to a waste incinerator and all of the following conditions are met:
(A) The tank is located inside an enclosure
				  vented to a control device that is designed and operated in accordance with all
				  applicable requirements specified under 40 CFR part 61 , subpart FF--National
				  Emission Standards for Benzene Waste Operations for a facility at which the
				  total annual benzene quantity from the facility waste is equal to or greater
				  than 10 megagrams per year;
(B) The
				  enclosure and control device serving the tank were installed and began
				  operation prior to November 25, 1996; and
(C) The enclosure is designed and operated in
				  accordance with the criteria for a permanent total enclosure as specified in
				  "Procedure T--Criteria for and Verification of a Permanent or Temporary Total
				  Enclosure" under 40 CFR
				  52.741, Appendix B. The enclosure may have
				  permanent or temporary openings to allow worker access; passage of material
				  into or out of the enclosure by conveyor, vehicles, or other mechanical or
				  electrical equipment; or to direct air flow into the enclosure. The owner or
				  operator shall perform the verification procedure for the enclosure as
				  specified in Section
				  5.0 to "Procedure T--Criteria for
				  and Verification of a Permanent or Temporary Total Enclosure"
				  annually.