Illinois Administrative Code › Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part 727 - STANDARDS FOR OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE FACILITIES OPERATING UNDER A RCRA STANDARDIZED PERMIT › Section 727.900 - Containment Buildings

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a)
			 Applicability of This Section. This Section applies to the owner or operator of
			 a facility that treats or stores hazardous waste in containment buildings under
			 a RCRA standardized permit pursuant to 35 Ill. Adm. Code 703.Subpart J, except
			 as provided in Section
			 727.100(a)(2).
			 Storage or treatment in a containment building is not land disposal, as defined
			 in 35 Ill. Adm. Code
			 728.102, if the unit
			 meets the requirements of subsections (b), (c), and (d).
BOARD NOTE: Subsection (a) is derived from
				40 CFR
				267.1100.
b) Design and Operating Standards for
			 Containment Buildings. A containment building must comply with the design and
			 operating standards in this subsection (b). The Agency may consider standards
			 established by professional organizations generally recognized by the industry,
			 such as the American Concrete Institute (ACI) or the American Society of
			 Testing Materials (ASTM), in judging the structural integrity requirements of
			 this subsection (b).
1) The containment
			 building must be completely enclosed with a floor, walls, and a roof to prevent
			 exposure to the elements (e.g., precipitation, wind, run-on, etc.), and to
			 assure containment of managed wastes.
2) The floor and containment walls of the
			 unit, including the secondary containment system, if required pursuant to
			 subsection (d), must be designed and constructed of manmade materials of
			 sufficient strength and thickness to accomplish the following:
A) They must support themselves, the waste
			 contents, and any personnel and heavy equipment that operates within the
			 unit;
B) They must prevent failure
			 due to any of the following causes:
i)
			 Pressure gradients, settlement, compression, or uplift;
ii) Physical contact with the hazardous
			 wastes to which they are exposed;
iii) Climatic conditions;
iv) Stresses of daily operation, including
			 the movement of heavy equipment within the unit and contact of such equipment
			 with containment walls; or
v)
			 Collapse or other failure.
3) All surfaces to be in contact with
			 hazardous wastes must be chemically compatible with those wastes.
4) The facility owner or operator must not
			 place incompatible hazardous wastes or treatment reagents in the unit or its
			 secondary containment system if they could cause the unit or secondary
			 containment system to leak, corrode, or otherwise fail.
5) A containment building must have a primary
			 barrier designed to withstand the movement of personnel, waste, and handling
			 equipment in the unit during the operating life of the unit and appropriate for
			 the physical and chemical characteristics of the waste to be managed.
6) If appropriate to the nature of the waste
			 management operation to take place in the unit, an exception to the structural
			 strength requirement may be made for light-weight doors and windows that meet
			 these criteria:
A) The doors and windows
			 provide an effective barrier against fugitive dust emissions pursuant to
			 subsection (c)(4); and
B) The unit
			 is designed and operated in a fashion that assures that wastes will not
			 actually come in contact with these openings.
7) The facility owner or operator must
			 inspect and record in the facility's operating record, at least once every
			 seven days, data gathered from monitoring equipment and leak detection
			 equipment, as well as the containment building and the area immediately
			 surrounding the containment building to detect signs of releases of hazardous
			 waste.
8) The facility owner or
			 operator must obtain certification by a qualified registered professional
			 engineer that the containment building design meets the requirements of
			 subsections (b)(1) through (b)(6), (c), and (d).
BOARD NOTE: Subsection (b) is derived from
				40
				CFR 267.1101.