Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-256 - Containment Buildings, Military Munitions › Section 3745-256-83 - General - air emission standards for tanks, surface impoundments, and containers

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								This rule applies to the management of hazardous waste
			 in tanks, surface impoundments, and containers subject to rules
			 3745-256-80 to
			 3745-256-90 of the
			 Administrative Code.
(B)
								The owner or operator shall control air pollutant
			 emissions from each hazardous waste management unit in accordance with
			 standards specified in rules
			 3745-256-85 to
			 3745-256-88 of the
			 Administrative Code, as applicable to the hazardous waste management unit,
			 except as provided for in paragraph (C) of this rule.
(C)
								A tank, surface
			 impoundment, or container is exempt from standards specified in rules
			 3745-256-85 to
			 3745-256-88 of the
			 Administrative Code, as applicable, provided that the waste management unit is
			 one of the following:
(1)
									A tank, surface impoundment, or container for which all
			 hazardous waste entering the unit has an average volatile organics (VO)
			 concentration at the point of waste origination of less than five hundred parts
			 per million by weight (ppmw). The average VO concentration shall be determined
			 using the procedures specified in paragraph (A) of rule
			 3745-256-84 of the
			 Administrative Code. The owner or operator shall review and update, as
			 necessary, this determination at least once every twelve months after the date
			 of the initial determination for the hazardous waste streams entering the
			 unit.
(2)
									A tank, surface impoundment, or container for which the
			 organic content of all the hazardous waste entering the waste management unit
			 has been reduced by an organic destruction or removal process that achieves any
			 one of the following conditions:
(a)
										A process that removes or destroys the organics
			 contained in the hazardous waste to a level such that the average VO
			 concentration of the hazardous waste at the point of waste treatment is less
			 than the exit concentration limit (Ct) established for the process. The average
			 VO concentration of the hazardous waste at the point of waste treatment and the
			 exit concentration limit for the process shall be determined using the
			 procedures specified in paragraph (B) of rule
			 3745-256-84 of the
			 Administrative Code.
(b)
										A process that removes or destroys the organics
			 contained in the hazardous waste to a level such that the organic reduction
			 efficiency (R) for the process is equal to or greater than ninety-five per
			 cent, and the average VO concentration of the hazardous waste at the point of
			 waste treatment is less than one hundred parts per million by weight (ppmw).
			 The R for the process and the average VO concentration of the hazardous waste
			 at the point of waste treatment shall be determined using the procedures
			 specified in paragraph (B) of rule
			 3745-256-84 of the
			 Administrative Code.
(c)
										A process that removes or destroys the organics
			 contained in the hazardous waste to a level such that the actual organic mass
			 removal rate (MR) for the process is equal to or greater than the required
			 organic mass removal rate (RMR) established for the process. The RMR and the MR
			 for the process shall be determined using the procedures specified in paragraph
			 (B) of rule
			 3745-256-84 of the
			 Administrative Code.
(d)
										A biological process that destroys or degrades the
			 organics contained in the hazardous waste, such that either of the following
			 conditions is met:
(i)
											The organic reduction efficiency (R) for the process is
			 equal to or greater than ninety-five per cent, and the organic biodegradation
			 efficiency (Rbio) for the process is equal to or greater than ninety-five per
			 cent. The R and the organic biodegradation efficiency for the process shall be
			 determined using the procedures specified in paragraph (B) of rule
			 3745-256-84 of the
			 Administrative Code.
(ii)
											The total actual organic mass biodegradation rate
			 (MRbio) for all hazardous waste treated by the process is equal to or greater
			 than the required organic mass removal rate (RMR). The RMR and the actual
			 organic mass biodegradation rate for the process shall be determined using the
			 procedures specified in paragraph (B) of rule
			 3745-256-84 of the
			 Administrative Code.
(e)
										A process that
			 removes or destroys the organics contained in the hazardous waste and meets all
			 of the following conditions:
(i)
											From the point of waste origination through the point
			 where the hazardous waste enters the treatment process, the hazardous waste is
			 managed continuously in waste management units which use air emission controls
			 in accordance with the standards specified in rules
			 3745-256-85 to
			 3745-256-88 of the
			 Administrative Code, as applicable to the waste management
			 unit.
(ii)
											From the point of waste origination through the point
			 where the hazardous waste enters the treatment process, any transfer of the
			 hazardous waste is accomplished through continuous hard-piping or other closed
			 system transfer that does not allow exposure of the waste to the atmosphere.
			 Ohio EPA considers a drain system that meets the requirements of 40 CFR Part 63
			 subpart RR "National Emission Standards for Individual Drain Systems" to be a
			 closed system.
(iii)
											The average VO concentration of the hazardous waste at
			 the point of waste treatment is less than the lowest average VO concentration
			 at the point of waste origination determined for each of the individual waste
			 streams entering the process or five-hundred ppmw, whichever value is lower.
			 The average VO concentration of each individual waste stream at the point of
			 waste origination shall be determined using the procedures specified in
			 paragraph (A) of rule
			 3745-256-84 of the
			 Administrative Code. The average VO concentration of the hazardous waste at the
			 point of waste treatment shall be determined using the procedures specified in
			 paragraph (B) of rule
			 3745-256-84 of the
			 Administrative Code.
(f)
										A process that
			 removes or destroys the organics contained in the hazardous waste to a level
			 such that the R for the process is equal to or greater than ninety-five per
			 cent and the owner or operator certifies that the average VO concentration at
			 the point of waste origination for each of the individual waste streams
			 entering the process is less than ten thousand ppmw. The R for the process and
			 the average VO concentration of the hazardous waste at the point of waste
			 origination shall be determined using the procedures specified in paragraphs
			 (B) and (A) of rule
			 3745-256-84 of the
			 Administrative Code, respectively.
(g)
										A hazardous waste
			 incinerator for which the owner or operator has either:
(i)
											Been issued a
			 final permit under rules
			 3745-50-40 to
			 3745-50-235 of the
			 Administrative Code which implement the requirements of rules
			 3745-68-40 to
			 3745-68-52 of the Administrative
			 Code; or
(ii)
											Has designed and operates the incinerator in accordance
			 with the interim standards requirements of rules
			 3745-68-40 to
			 3745-68-52 of the Administrative
			 Code.
(h)
										A boiler or industrial furnace for which the owner or
			 operator has either:
(i)
											Been issued a final permit under rules
			 3745-50-40 to
			 3745-50-235 of the
			 Administrative Code which implement the requirements of rules
			 3745-266-100 to
			 3745-266-112 of the
			 Administrative Code; or
(ii)
											Has designed and operates the boiler or industrial
			 furnace in accordance with the interim standards requirements of rules
			 3745-266-100 to
			 3745-266-112 of the
			 Administrative Code.
(i)
										To determine the
			 performance of an organic destruction or removal process in accordance with the
			 conditions in each of paragraphs (C)(2)(a) to (C)(2)(f) of this rule, the owner
			 or operator shall account for VO concentrations determined to be below the
			 limit of detection of the analytical method by using the following VO
			 concentration:
(i)
											If method 25D in 40 CFR Part 60 appendix A is used for
			 the analysis, one-half the blank value determined in the method at section
			 4.4 of method 25D in 40 CFR Part
			 60 appendix A, or a value of twenty-five ppmw, whichever is
			 less.
(ii)
											If any other analytical method is used, one-half the
			 sum of the limits of detection established for each organic constituent in the
			 waste that has a Henry's law constant value at least
			 0.1
			 mole-fraction-in-the-gas-phase/mole-fraction-in-the-liquid-phase (0.1 Y/X) [which also can be
			 expressed as 1.8 x
			 10-6
			 atmospheres/gram-mole/m3] at twenty-five degrees
			 Celsius.
(3)
									A tank or surface
			 impoundment used for biological treatment of hazardous waste in accordance with
			 the requirements of paragraph (C)(2)(d) of this rule.
(4)
									A tank, surface
			 impoundment, or container for which all hazardous waste placed in the unit
			 either:
(a)
										Meets the numerical concentration limits for organic
			 hazardous constituents, applicable to the hazardous waste, as specified in rule
			 3745-270-40 of the
			 Administrative Code; or
(b)
										The organic hazardous constituents in the waste have
			 been treated by the treatment technology established by Ohio EPA for the waste
			 in paragraph (A) of rule
			 3745-270-42 of the
			 Administrative Code, or have been removed or destroyed by an equivalent method
			 of treatment approved pursuant to paragraph (B) of rule
			 3745-270-42 of the
			 Administrative Code.
(5)
									A tank used for
			 bulk feed of hazardous waste to a waste incinerator and all of the following
			 conditions are met:
(a)
										The tank is located inside an enclosure vented to a
			 control device that is designed and operated in accordance with all applicable
			 requirements specified under 40 CFR Part 61 subpart FF- "National Emission
			 Standards for Benzene Waste Operations" for a facility at which the total
			 annual benzene quantity from the facility waste is equal to or greater than ten
			 megagrams per year;
(b)
										The enclosure and control device serving the tank were
			 installed and began operation prior to November 25, 1996; and
(c)
										The enclosure is
			 designed and operated in accordance with the criteria for a permanent total
			 enclosure as specified in "Procedure T- Criteria for and Verification of a
			 Permanent or Temporary Total Enclosure" under
			 40 CFR
			 52.741 appendix B. The enclosure may have
			 permanent or temporary openings to allow worker access; passage of material
			 into or out of the enclosure by conveyor, vehicles, or other mechanical or
			 electrical equipment; or to direct air flow into the enclosure. The owner or
			 operator shall perform the verification procedure for the enclosure as
			 specified in Section 5.0 of "Procedure T- Criteria
			 for and Verification of a Permanent or Temporary Total Enclosure"
			 annually.