Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 401 - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT CABINET - DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 39 - Hazardous Waste › Section 401 KAR 39:090 - Hazardous waste permit program

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS 224.10, 224.46,
				224.50-130,
				224.99,
				304.11-030,
				40 C.F.R. 264, 265, 266, 267
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				224.46-520 requires the Energy and
				Environment Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations establishing
				standards for hazardous waste permitting and persons engaging in the storage,
				treatment, disposal, and recycling of hazardous waste, and to establish
				standards for these permits, to require adequate financial responsibility, to
				establish corrective action requirements, and to establish minimum standards
				for closure for all facilities and the post-closure monitoring and maintenance
				of hazardous waste disposal facilities.
				KRS
				224.50-130 requires the Energy and
				Environment Cabinet to list additional compounds as hazardous wastes and to
				consider additional criteria in making a determination to issue, deny, or
				condition a permit for a hazardous waste site or facility for treatment,
				storage, or disposal of nerve agents. This administrative regulation
				establishes the standards for the hazardous waste permit program.
Section 1. Owners and Operators of Hazardous
			 Waste Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities. Except as established in
			 subsections (1) through (7) of this section and Sections 5 through 9 of this
			 administrative regulation, standards for owners and operators of hazardous
			 waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities shall be as established in 40
			 C.F.R. Part 264 , except
			 40 C.F.R.
			 264.1(f),
			 40 C.F.R.
			 264.1(g)(12),
			 40 C.F.R.
			 264.15(b)(5),
			 40 C.F.R.
			 264.149,
			 40 C.F.R.
			 264.150,
			 40 C.F.R.
			 264.301(l),
			 40
			 C.F.R. 264.1030(d),
			 40
			 C.F.R. 264.1050(g), and
			 40
			 C.F.R. 264.1080(e) through
			 (g).
(1) The
			 Maximum Concentration of Constituents for Groundwater Protection in
			 40 C.F.R.
			 264.94, Table 1 shall be replaced with Table
			 1 of this subsection.
Table 1: Maximum Concentration of Constituents for
							 Groundwater Protection
Maximum Contaminant Constituent
Level (mg/l)
Antimony
0.006
Arsenic
0.01
Barium
2.0
Benzene
0.005
Benzo(a)pyrene
0.0002
Beryllium
0.004
Cadmium
0.005
Carbon tetrachloride
0.005
Chlordane
0.002
Chromium
0.1
Cyanide (as free Cyanide)
0.2
Dibromochloropropane
0.0002
1,2-Dichloroethane
0.005
o-Dichlorobenzene
0.6
p-Dichlorobenzene
0.075
1,1-Dichloroethylene
0.007
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene
0.07
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene
0.1
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)
0.005
2,4-D (2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid)
0.07
1,2-Dichloropropane
0.005
Di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate
0.006
Dinoseb
0.007
Endothall
0.1
Endrin
0.002
Ethylene dibromide (1,2-Dibromoethane)
0.00005
Fluoride
4.0
Heptachlor
0.0004
Heptachlor epoxide
0.0002
Hexachlorobenzene
0.001
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene
0.05
Lead
0.015
Lindane
0.0002
Mercury
0.002
Methoxychlor
0.04
Monochlorobenzene
0.1
Polychlorinated biphenyls
0.0005
Pentachlorophenol
0.001
Selenium
0.05
Tetrachloroethylene
0.005
Thallium
0.002
Toluene
1
Toxaphene
0.003
1,1,1-Trichloroethane
0.2
Trichloroethylene
0.005
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene
0.07
1,1,2-Trichloroethane
0.005
2,4,5-TP Silvex
0.01
2,3,7,8-TCDD (Dioxin)
3.0 x 10-8
Vinyl chloride
0.002
(2) In
			 addition to
			 40 C.F.R.
			 264.143(e)(1),
			 40 C.F.R.
			 264.145(e)(1),
			 40 C.F.R.
			 264.147(a)(1)(ii), and
			 40 C.F.R.
			 264.147(b)(1)(ii), each
			 insurance policy providing primary coverage shall be issued by an insurer that
			 is authorized to transact insurance in Kentucky, except if
			 KRS
			 304.11-030 establishes otherwise.
(3) The reference in
			 40
			 C.F.R. 264.570 and
			 265.440(a)
			 to "December 6, 1990", shall be replaced with "August 18, 1994", for drip pads
			 where F034 or F035 wastes are handled.
(4) The reference in
			 40
			 C.F.R. 264.570 to "December 24, 1992", shall
			 be replaced with "August 26, 1996", for drip pads where F034 or F035 wastes are
			 handled.
(5) A tank system that
			 stores or treats materials that become hazardous waste subsequent to March 10,
			 1988, shall conduct an assessment of any existing tank system's integrity
			 within twelve (12) months after the date the waste becomes a hazardous
			 waste.
(6) In addition to the
			 requirements in
			 40 C.F.R.
			 264.304, if the flow rate into the leak
			 detection system exceeds the action leakage rate for any sump, the owner or
			 operator shall notify the cabinet pursuant to
			 401 KAR
			 39:060, Section 6(1).
(7) In addition to the requirements in
			 40 C.F.R.
			 264.226,
			 264.254,
			 and
			 264.303,
			 applicants shall demonstrate that the admixed liner shall be structurally sound
			 and chemically resistant to the waste placed in it to ensure that the liner
			 shall be capable of supporting the waste without cracking, disintegrating, or
			 allowing waste or leachate to escape.