Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 128 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 2 - DEFINITION OF SOLID WASTE AND HAZARDOUS WASTE › Section 128-2-006

Current through June 17, 2024
Unless and until it meets the criteria of Section
007
of this Chapter:
006.01 A hazardous waste will remain a
  hazardous waste.
006.02 Except as
  otherwise provided in Section
006.03
,
007.03
or
007.04
of this
  Chapter, any solid waste generated from the treatment, storage, or disposal of
  a hazardous waste, including any sludge, spill residue, ash, emission control
  dust or leachate (but not including precipitation runoff) is a hazardous waste.
  (However, materials that are reclaimed from solid wastes and that are used
  beneficially are not solid wastes and hence are not hazardous wastes under this
  provision unless the reclaimed material is burned for energy recovery or used
  in a manner constituting disposal.)
006.03 The following solid wastes are not
  hazardous even though they are generated from the treatment, storage, or
  disposal of a hazardous waste, unless they exhibit one or more of the
  characteristics of hazardous waste:
006.03A
  Waste pickle liquor sludge generated by lime stabilization of spent pickle
  liquor from the iron and steel industry (SIC codes 331 and 332).
006.03B Waste from burning any of the
  materials exempted from regulation by Chapter 7,
002.04
and
002.06
through
002.07
.
006.03C Nonwastewater residues, such as slag,
  resulting from high temperature metals recovery (HTMR) processing of K061, K062
  or F006 waste, in units identified as rotary kilns, flame reactors, electric
  furnaces, plasma arc furnaces, slag reactors, rotary hearth furnace/electric
  furnace combinations or industrial furnaces (as defined in Chapter 1,
069.06
,
069.07
, and
069.13
), that are disposed in subtitle D or state
  equivalent units, provided that these residues meet the generic exclusion
  levels identified in Table 2 of this Title for all constituents, and exhibit no
  characteristics of hazardous waste. Testing requirements must be incorporated
  in a facility's waste analysis plan or a generator's self-implementing waste
  analysis plan; at a minimum, composite samples of residues must be collected
  and analyzed quarterly and/or when the process or operation generating the
  waste changes. Persons claiming this exclusion in an enforcement action will
  have the burden of proving by clear and convincing evidence that the material
  meets all of the exclusion requirements.
TABLE 2
Constituent
Maximum for any single composite sample-TCLP
				  (mg/l)
Generic exclusion levels for K061 and K062 nonwastewater HTMR
				  residues
Antimony .......................................
0.10
Arsenic ........................................
0.50
Barium .........................................
7.6
Beryllium ......................................
0.010
Cadmium ........................................
0.050
Chromium (total) ...............................
0.33
Lead ...........................................
0.15
Mercury ........................................
0.009
Nickel .........................................
1.0
Selenium .......................................
0.16
Silver .........................................
0.30
Thallium .......................................
0.020
Zinc ...........................................
70
Antimony .......................................
0.10
Arsenic ........................................
0.50
Barium .........................................
7.6
Beryllium ......................................
0.010
Cadmium ......................................
0.050
Chromium (total) ...............................
0.33
Cyanide (total) (mg/kg) ........................
1.8
Lead ...........................................
0.15
Mercury ........................................
0.009
Nickel .........................................
1.0
Selenium .......................................
0.16
Silver .........................................
0.30
Thallium .......................................
0.020
Zinc ...........................................
70
006.03C1 A one-time
  notification and certification must be placed in the facility's files and sent
  to the EPA region or authorized state for K061, K062 or F006 HTMR residues that
  meet the generic exclusion levels for all constituents and do not exhibit any
  characteristics that are sent to subtitle D or state equivalent units. The
  notification and certification that is placed in the generators or treaters
  files must be updated if the process or operation generating the waste changes
  and/or if the subtitle D or state equivalent unit receiving the waste changes.
  However, the generator or treater need only notify the EPA region or an
  authorized state on an annual basis if such changes occur. Such notification
  and certification should be sent to the EPA region or authorized state by the
  end of the calendar year, but no later than December 31. The notification must
  include the following information: The name and address of the subtitle D or
  state equivalent unit receiving the waste shipments; the EPA Hazardous Waste
  Number(s) and treatability group(s) at the initial point of generation; and,
  the treatment standards applicable to the waste at the initial point of
  generation. The certification must be signed by an authorized representative
  and must state as follows: "I certify under penalty of law that the generic
  exclusion levels for all constituents have been met without impermissible
  dilution and that no characteristic of hazardous waste is exhibited. I am aware
  that there are significant penalties for submitting a false certification,
  including the possibility of fine and imprisonment."
006.03D Biological treatment sludge from the
  treatment of one of the following wastes listed in Chapter 3,
014
- Organic waste (including heavy ends, still
  bottoms, light ends, spent solvents, filtrates, and decantates) from the
  production of carbamates and carbamoyl oximes (K156) and wastewaters from the
  production of carbamates and carbamoyl oximes (K157).
006.03E Catalyst inert support media
  separated from one of the following wastes listed in Chapter 3,
014
- Spent hydrotreating catalyst (EPA Hazardous
  Waste No. K171), and Spent hydrorefining catalyst (EPA Hazardous Waste No.
  K172).