[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 24]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR270.20]

[Page 292-294]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
                           AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 270--EPA ADMINISTERED PERMIT PROGRAMS: THE HAZARDOUS WASTE PERMIT PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart B--Permit Application
 
Sec. 270.20  Specific part B information requirements for land treatment facilities.

    Except as otherwise provided in Sec. 264.1, owners and operators of 
facilities that use land treatment to dispose of hazardous waste must 
provide the following additional information:
    (a) A description of plans to conduct a treatment demonstration as 
required under Sec. 264.272. The description must include the following 
information;
    (1) The wastes for which the demonstration will be made and the 
potential hazardous constituents in the waste;
    (2) The data sources to be used to make the demonstration (e.g., 
literature, laboratory data, field data, or operating data);
    (3) Any specific laboratory or field test that will be conducted, 
including:
    (i) The type of test (e.g., column leaching, degradation);
    (ii) Materials and methods, including analytical procedures;
    (iii) Expected time for completion;
    (iv) Characteristics of the unit that will be simulated in the 
demonstration, including treatment zone characteristics, climatic 
conditions, and operating practices.
    (b) A description of a land treatment program, as required under 
Sec. 264.271. This information must be submitted with the plans for the 
treatment demonstration, and updated following the

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treatment demonstration. The land treatment program must address the 
following items:
    (1) The wastes to be land treated;
    (2) Design measures and operating practices necessary to maximize 
treatment in accordance with Sec. 264.273(a) including:
    (i) Waste application method and rate;
    (ii) Measures to control soil pH;
    (iii) Enhancement of microbial or chemical reactions;
    (iv) Control of moisture content;
    (3) Provisions for unsaturated zone monitoring, including:
    (i) Sampling equipment, procedures, and frequency;
    (ii) Procedures for selecting sampling locations;
    (iii) Analytical procedures;
    (iv) Chain of custody control;
    (v) Procedures for establishing background values;
    (vi) Statistical methods for interpreting results;
    (vii) The justification for any hazardous constituents recommended 
for selection as principal hazardous constituents, in accordance with 
the criteria for such selection in Sec. 264.278(a);
    (4) A list of hazardous constituents reasonably expected to be in, 
or derived from, the wastes to be land treated based on waste analysis 
performed pursuant to Sec. 264.13;
    (5) The proposed dimensions of the treatment zone;
    (c) A description of how the unit is or will be designed, 
constructed, operated, and maintained in order to meet the requirements 
of Sec. 264.273. This submission must address the following items:
    (1) Control of run-on;
    (2) Collection and control of run-off;
    (3) Minimization of run-off of hazardous constituents from the 
treatment zone;
    (4) Management of collection and holding facilities associated with 
run-on and run-off control systems;
    (5) Periodic inspection of the unit. This information should be 
included in the inspection plan submitted under Sec. 270.14(b)(5);
    (6) Control of wind dispersal of particulate matter, if applicable;
    (d) If food-chain crops are to be grown in or on the treatment zone 
of the land treatment unit, a description of how the demonstration 
required under Sec. 264.276(a) will be conducted including:
    (1) Characteristics of the food-chain crop for which the 
demonstration will be made.
    (2) Characteristics of the waste, treatment zone, and waste 
application method and rate to be used in the demonstration;
    (3) Procedures for crop growth, sample collection, sample analysis, 
and data evaluation;
    (4) Characteristics of the comparison crop including the location 
and conditions under which it was or will be grown;
    (e) If food-chain crops are to be grown, and cadmium is present in 
the land-treated waste, a description of how the requirements of 
Sec. 264.276(b) will be complied with;
    (f) A description of the vegetative cover to be applied to closed 
portions of the facility, and a plan for maintaining such cover during 
the post-closure care period, as required under Secs. 264.280(a)(8) and 
264.280(c)(2). This information should be included in the closure plan 
and, where applicable, the post-closure care plan submitted under 
Sec. 270.14(b)(13);
    (g) If ignitable or reactive wastes will be placed in or on the 
treatment zone, an explanation of how the requirements of Sec. 264.281 
will be complied with;
    (h) If incompatible wastes, or incompatible wastes and materials, 
will be placed in or on the same treatment zone, an explanation of how 
Sec. 264.282 will be complied with.
    (i) A waste management plan for EPA Hazardous Waste Nos. FO20, FO21, 
FO22, FO23, FO26, and FO27 describing how a land treatment facility is 
or will be designed, constructed, operated, and maintained to meet the 
requirements of Sec. 264.283. This submission must address the following 
items as specified in Sec. 264.283:
    (1) The volume, physical, and chemical characteristics of the 
wastes, including their potential to migrate through soil or to 
volatilize or escape into the atmosphere;
    (2) The attentuative properties of underlying and surrounding soils 
or other materials;

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    (3) The mobilizing properties of other materials co-disposed with 
these wastes; and
    (4) The effectiveness of additional treatment, design, or monitoring 
techniques.

[48 FR 14228, Apr. 1, 1983; 48 FR 30114, June 30, 1983, as amended at 50 
FR 2006, Jan. 14, 1985]