Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Environmental Quality › Office of Waste Management & Radiological Protection › Hazardous Waste Management › Part 5 - OPERATING LICENSES › Section R. 299.9504 - Operating license application for new facilities; the expansion, enlargement, or alteration of existing facilities; content

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 504.
(1) In
				  addition to the information required pursuant to subrule (18) of this rule, all
				  applications for an operating license for a new facility or the expansion,
				  enlargement, or alteration of an existing facility shall include all of the
				  following items:
(a) An application fee or
				  deposit as calculated pursuant to R 299.9507.
(b) General information that is required
				  pursuant to 40 C.F.R. §270.13.
(c) General information that is required
				  pursuant to 40 C.F.R. §270.14 (b) and (d).
(d) A hydrogeological report that contains
				  the information required pursuant to R 299.9506.
(e) An environmental assessment, including a
				  failure mode assessment that provides an analysis of the potential major
				  methods by which safe handling of hazardous wastes may fail at a treatment,
				  storage, or disposal facility. The owner or operator of a facility that stores,
				  treats, or disposes of hazardous waste in a surface impoundment or a landfill
				  shall include, in the environmental assessment, information that is reasonably
				  ascertainable by the owner or operator on the potential for the public to be
				  exposed to hazardous wastes or hazardous constituents through releases related
				  to the unit. At a minimum, the information shall address all of the following
				  subjects:
(i) Reasonably foreseeable
				  potential releases from both normal operations and accidents at the unit,
				  including releases associated with transportation to or from the
				  unit.
(ii) The potential pathways
				  of human exposure to hazardous waste or constituents resulting from the
				  releases described in paragraph (i) of this subdivision.
(iii) The potential magnitude and nature of
				  the human exposure resulting from the releases described in paragraph (i) of
				  this subdivision.
(f) An
				  environmental monitoring program that is in compliance with R
				  299.9611.
(g) Engineering plans of
				  all process equipment and containment structures at the facility. The plans
				  shall be prepared and sealed by a registered professional engineer and shall
				  include all of the following information:
(i)
				  Plan views, elevations, sections, and supplementary views that, together with
				  general layout drawings, provide working information for the review of the
				  facility.
(ii) Specifications on
				  all construction materials and installation methods.
(iii) The basis of design for all process
				  equipment and containment structures.
(iv) A flow diagram of the entire treatment,
				  storage, or disposal process.
(v)
				  The design capacity of each process.
(h) A written summary of the comments
				  received at the preapplication meeting required by R 299.9511 (1) and the
				  applicant's response to the comments, including any revisions to the
				  application.