[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 26]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR271.12]

[Page 367]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
                           AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 271_REQUIREMENTS FOR AUTHORIZATION OF STATE HAZARDOUS WASTE PROGRAMS
--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart A_Requirements for Final Authorization
 
Sec. 271.12  Requirements for hazardous waste management facilities.

    The State shall have standards for hazardous waste management 
facilities which are equivalent to 40 CFR parts 264 and 266. These 
standards shall include:
    (a) Technical standards for tanks, containers, waste piles, 
incineration, chemical, physical and biological treatment facilities, 
surface impoundments, landfills, and land treatment facilities;
    (b) Financial responsibility during facility operation;
    (c) Preparedness for and prevention of discharges or releases of 
hazardous waste; contingency plans and emergency procedures to be 
followed in the event of a discharge or release of hazardous waste;
    (d) Closure and post-closure requirements including financial 
requirements to ensure that money will be available for closure and 
post-closure monitoring and maintenance;
    (e) Groundwater monitoring;
    (f) Security to prevent unauthorized access to the facility;
    (g) Facility personnel training;
    (h) Inspections, monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting;
    (i) Compliance with the manifest system, including the requirements 
that facility owners or operators return a signed copy of the manifest 
to the generator to certify delivery of the hazardous waste shipment;
    (j) Other requirements to the extent that they are included in 40 
CFR parts 264 and 266.

    Effective Date Note: At 70 FR 10825, Mar. 4, 2005, Sec. 271.12 was 
amended by revising paragraph (i), effective September 6, 2005. For the 
covenience of the user, the revised text is set forth as follows:

Sec. 271.12  Requirements for hazardous waste management facilities.

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    (i) Compliance with the manifest system including the requirement 
that facility owners or operators return a signed copy of the manifest:
    (1) To the generator to certify delivery of the hazardous waste 
shipment or to identify discrepancies; and
    (2) To EPA's International Compliance Assurance Division program, at 
the address referenced in 40 CFR 264.71(a)(3) and 265.71(a)(3), to 
indicate the receipt of a shipment of hazardous waste imported into the 
U.S. from a foreign source.

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