Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 409 - PROCESSING FACILITIES › Section 096-409-4 - Operating Requirements

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
Each processing facility subject to licensing under sections
				  2 and
				  3 must comply with the following
				  operating requirements. Facilities with an existing solid waste processing
				  license are required to operate in compliance with the provisions of this
				  section.
A.
Operations
				Manual.
All processing facilities must be operated in accordance with an
				operations manual that incorporates the operating requirements of its license
				and these rules. This manual must be available for inspection by Department
				staff during normal business hours. The facility's operations manual must be
				updated to keep current with revisions at the processing facility.
The operations manual must include the information that
				  would enable supervisory and operating personnel, and persons evaluating the
				  operation of the facility, to determine the sequence of operation, policies,
				  procedures, monitoring, maintenance, inspection, and legal requirements that
				  must be followed for safe and environmentally sound operation on a daily and
				  yearly basis. The manual must address all items contained in this section. The
				  manual must also include a copy of the facility license, any amendments and
				  revisions to that license, and a copy of the applicable sections of the most
				  recent Solid Waste Management Regulations.
B.
General Operations
(1) Operations: The processing facility must
				be operated and maintained in a manner that assures it will meet the approved
				design requirements, will not contaminate ground or surface water, contaminate
				the ambient air, constitute a hazard to health or welfare, create a nuisance,
				and will meet the standards in Chapter 400, section 4.
(2) Personnel: The operation of the
				processing facility must be under the overall supervision and direction of a
				person qualified and experienced in the operation of that type of facility or,
				in the case of an innovative design, be adequately trained by responsible
				personnel in the operation of the facility. The facility operator must take
				whatever measures are necessary to familiarize all personnel responsible for
				operation of the facility with relevant sections of the operations
				manual.
(3) Equipment: Equipment
				must be sufficient to meet the requirements, and the operator must provide for
				the routine maintenance of equipment.
(4) Environmental Monitoring: The operator
				must implement the approved environmental monitoring program, including any
				required waste characterization.
(5) Fire Protection: The operator shall
				prevent and control fires at the processing facility by complying with at least
				the following:
(a) Arrange for a nearby fire
				department to provide emergency service whenever called;
(b) Develop and implement a plan to prevent
				spontaneous combustion in wood waste and residual piles, as applicable;
				and
(c) Provide and maintain
				sufficient on-site equipment, such as detachable fire extinguishers, for minor
				fires.
(d) At tire processing
				facilities, unless alternative fire protection measures were previously
				licensed by the Department, a fire break consisting of the following must be
				maintained:
(i) each outside storage area for
				tires, both before and after processing, must be separated by a thirty-five
				foot minimum mineral strip.
(ii) a
				100 foot fire break must be constructed around the ground surface perimeter of
				the storage area(s). All slash, brush, debris and other combustible material
				must be removed for a distance of 100 feet in all directions outside the
				perimeter. Other fire control measures may be proposed if the local fire ranger
				and the jurisdictional fire chief for the municipality in which the facility is
				proposed to be located give written approval of the alternative measures. A
				copy of the written approval must be retained in the operations manual.
NOTE: Facilities should develop a fire and rescue plan in
				  conjunction with the local fire department.
(6) Vector Control: The on-site
				population of disease vectors must be minimized to protect public
				health.
(7) Dust Control: The
				operator must control dust generated by the facility.
(8) Storage at facilities other than tire
				processing facilities:
(a) Raw materials,
				wastes, and secondary materials, including processed residuals, must be stored
				on the site such that they remain suitable for the intended use.
(b) Materials with a carbon to nitrogen ratio
				(C:N) of less than 20:1 or that may contain constituents that may leach into
				groundwater may not be stored on in situ soils.
(c) Wastes and secondary materials may not be
				stored at the site for more than 2 years.
(9) Storage at tire processing facilities:
(a) Tires, incoming and processed, that will
				be stored outside must be positioned into distinct piles. The storage areas
				must be established and maintained as approved in the license for the facility.
				No single pile of whole tires may exceed 5,000 square feet. No single pile of
				chipped or processed tires may exceed 10,000 square feet. The height of any
				pile must not exceed 10 feet.
(b)
				Tires, both incoming and processed, must be stored on the site such that they
				remain suitable for the intended use.
(c) Whole and processed tires may not be
				stored at the site for more than 2 years. Provisions must be made for the flow
				through of tires, and clean up and maintenance of the storage areas.
(d) Compaction: Compaction must not occur on
				piles of chipped or processed tires unless the facility implements the
				following temperature monitoring program to detect heating of the piles. The
				records of temperature readings must be kept on site and be available for
				inspection by the Department upon request. The high temperature zone(s) of each
				pile must be identified and monitored by sufficient numbers of fixed
				temperature monitoring probes installed in the pile to ensure that all zones of
				high temperature are detected.
(i) Routine
				temperature readings must be taken weekly and recorded.
(ii) If a weekly reading exceeds 100 degrees
				F. in a pile, readings shall be taken daily and recorded until the temperature
				readings return to 100 degrees F. or less for two consecutive
				readings.
(iii) if any temperature
				reading exceeds 150 degrees F., the pile will be turned over and aerated to
				reduce the highest core temperature to 100 degrees F. or less.
(10) Manifests: The
				operator shall keep copies of non-hazardous waste manifests for tires delivered
				to the facility. The manifests shall be available for inspection by the
				Department upon request.
(11)
				Litter Control: The operator must provide for routine maintenance and general
				cleanliness of the entire facility site, including control of windblown
				litter.
(12) Leachate: Facilities
				must contain, collect and treat leachate and runoff mixed with
				leachate.
(13) The facility must
				control sedimentation and erosion during construction and operation of the
				facility.