New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter IV - QUALITY SERVICES › Subchapter B - SOLID WASTES › Part 362 - Combustion, Treatment, Transfer, and Collection Facilities › Subpart 362-3 - Transfer Facilities › Section 362-3.5 - Design and operating requirements

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
A facility required to obtain a permit under this Subpart
						must, in addition to the requirements identified in Part 360 of this Title,
						design, construct, maintain, and operate the facility in compliance with the
						following criteria:
(a) Source-separated
					 household hazardous waste, source-separated electronic wastes, source-separated
					 rechargeable batteries, source-separated mercury-containing products, and other
					 source-separated items that are subject to legislatively enacted product
					 stewardship programs in New York State must not be accepted by the
					 facility.
(b) All tipping, sorting,
					 processing, compaction, storage, loading, and related activities, which the
					 exception of those at residential drop-off locations for non-commercial
					 customers, must be conducted in an enclosed building unless otherwise specified
					 in the transition provisions of section
					 360.4(g)  of this
					 Title and with adequate odor controls to effectively control off-site nuisances.
					 Nonputrescible waste may be stored in outdoor areas if it is stored in closed
					 containers or covered trailers.
(c)
					 The processing, storage, loading, and unloading areas must be constructed of
					 concrete or asphalt paving material and must be equipped with adequate drainage
					 structures that are directed to enclosed tanks that meet the requirements of
					 subdivision 360.19(n)  of this
					 Title or a sanitary sewer system.
(d)
					 The tipping floor must be cleaned at the end of each operating day unless
					 otherwise determined by the Department.
(e) Radioactive waste detection procedures and
					 requirements. Permitted transfer facilities from which MSW or drilling and
					 production waste is transported out-of-state must meet the following
					 requirements:
(1) A fixed radiation detection
					 unit must be installed and operated at a location appropriate for the monitoring
					 of all incoming waste.
(2) The
					 investigation alarm set point of the radiation detector must be set at least two
					 times, but no greater than five times, facility background radiation
					 levels.
(3) Background radiation
					 readings at the facility must be measured and recorded at least daily.
(4) Field checks of the radiation detector
					 utilizing a known radiation source must be performed and recorded at least
					 weekly.
(5) The radiation detector
					 must be calibrated at least annually or more often as recommended by the
					 manufacturer, and documentation describing the calibration must be maintained at
					 the facility.
(6) Each instance in
					 which the radiation detector is triggered by a waste load must be documented and
					 reported to the department within 24 hours. Recorded information must include the
					 date the waste was received, transporter name, origin of the waste, truck number
					 or other identifying marking, detector reading, disposition of the waste, and
					 date of disposition.
(7) Training
					 related to radiation detection system operating procedures and radiation
					 investigation alarm response procedures must be conducted at least
					 annually.