[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 40, Volume 24]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 40CFR257.30]



[Page 394-395]

 

                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 257_CRITERIA FOR CLASSIFICATION OF SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES 

AND PRACTICES--Table of Contents

 

  Subpart B_Disposal Standards for the Receipt of Conditionally Exempt 

 Small Quantity Generator (CESQG) Wastes at Non-Municipal Non-Hazardous 

                          Waste Disposal Units

 

Sec.  257.30  Recordkeeping requirements.



    (a) The owner/operator of a non-municipal non-hazardous waste 

disposal unit must record and retain near the facility in an operating 

record or in an alternative location approved by the Director of an 

approved State the following information as it becomes available:

    (1) Any location restriction demonstration required under Sec. Sec.  

257.7 through 257.12; and

    (2) Any demonstration, certification, finding, monitoring, testing, 

or analytical data required in Sec. Sec.  257.21 through 257.28.

    (b) The owner/operator must notify the State Director when the 

documents from paragraph (a) of this section have been placed or added 

to the operating record, and all information contained in the operating 

record must be furnished upon request to the State Director or be made 

available at all reasonable times for inspection by the State Director.

    (c) The Director of an approved State can set alternative schedules 

for recordkeeping and notification requirements as specified in 

paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section, except for the notification 

requirements in Sec.  257.25(g)(1)(iii).

    (d) The Director of an approved state program may receive electronic 

documents only if the state program includes the requirements of 40 CFR 

Part 3--(Electronic reporting).



[44 FR 53460, Sept. 13, 1979, as amended at 70 FR 59888, Oct. 13, 2005]



        Appendix I to Part 257--Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs)



  Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) Promulgated Under the Safe Drinking

                                Water Act

------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                                                MCL (mg/

                     Chemical                         CAS No.      l)

------------------------------------------------------------------------

Arsenic...........................................   7440-38-2   0.05

Barium............................................   7440-39-3   1.0

Benzene...........................................    71-343-2   0.005

Cadmium...........................................   7440-43-9   0.01

Carbon tetrachloride..............................     56-23-5   0.005

Chromium (hexavalent).............................   7440-47-3   0.05

2,4-Dichlorophenoxy acetic acid...................     94-75-7   0.1



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1,4-Dichlorobenzene...............................    106-46-7   0.075

1,2-Dichloroethane................................    107-06-2   0.005

1,1-Dichloroethylene..............................     75-35-4   0.007

Endrin............................................     75-20-8   0.0002

Fluoride..........................................           7   4.0

Lindane...........................................     58-89-9   0.004

Lead..............................................   7439-92-1   0.05

Mercury...........................................   7439-97-6   0.002

Methoxychlor......................................     72-43-5   0.1

Nitrate...........................................  ..........  10.0

Selenium..........................................   7782-49-2   0.01

Silver............................................   7440-22-4   0.05

Toxaphene.........................................   8001-35-2   0.005

1,1,1-Trichloroethane.............................     71-55-6   0.2

Trichloroethylene.................................     79-01-6   0.005

2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxy acetic acid................     93-76-5   0.01

Vinyl chloride....................................     75-01-4   0.002

------------------------------------------------------------------------





[56 FR 51016, Oct. 9, 1991]



                         Appendix II to Part 257



             A. Processes To Significantly Reduce Pathogens



    Aerobic digestion: The process is conducted by agitating sludge with 

air or oxygen to maintain aerobic conditions at residence times ranging 

from 60 days at 15 [deg]C to 40 days at 20 [deg]C, with a volatile 

solids reduction of at least 38 percent.

    Air Drying: Liquid sludge is allowed to drain and/or dry on under-

drained sand beds, or paved or unpaved basins in which the sludge is at 

a depth of nine inches. A minimum of three months is needed, two months 

of which temperatures average on a daily basis above 0 [deg]C.

    Anaerobic digestion: The process is conducted in the absence of air 

at residence times ranging from 60 days at 20 [deg]C to 15 days at 35 to 

55 [deg]C, with a volatile solids reduction of at least 38 percent.

    Composting: Using the within-vessel, static aerated pile or windrow 

composting methods, the solid waste is maintained at minimum operating 

conditions of 40 [deg]C for 5 days. For four hours during this period 

the temperature exceeds 55 [deg]C.

    Lime Stabilization: Sufficient lime is added to produce a pH of 12 

after 2 hours of contact.

    Other methods: Other methods or operating conditions may be 

acceptable if pathogens and vector attraction of the waste (volatile 

solids) are reduced to an extent equivalent to the reduction achieved by 

any of the above methods.



                B. Processes To Further Reduce Pathogens



    Composting: Using the within-vessel composting method, the solid 

waste is maintained at operating conditions of 55 [deg]C or greater for 

three days. Using the static aerated pile composting method, the solid 

waste is maintained at operating conditions of 55 [deg]C or greater for 

three days. Using the windrow composting method, the solid waste attains 

a temperature of 55 [deg]C or greater for at least 15 days during the 

composting period. Also, during the high temperature period, there will 

be a minimum of five turnings of the windrow.

    Heat drying: Dewatered sludge cake is dried by direct or indirect 

contact with hot gases, and moisture content is reduced to 10 percent or 

lower. Sludge particles reach temperatures well in excess of 80 [deg]C, 

or the wet bulb temperature of the gas stream in contact with the sludge 

at the point where it leaves the dryer is in excess of 80 [deg]C.

    Heat treatment: Liquid sludge is heated to temperatures of 180 

[deg]C for 30 minutes.

    Thermophilic Aerobic Digestion: Liquid sludge is agitated with air 

or oxygen to maintain aerobic conditions at residence times of 10 days 

at 55-60 [deg]C, with a volatile solids reduction of at least 38 

percent.

    Other methods: Other methods or operating conditions may be 

acceptable if pathogens and vector attraction of the waste (volatile 

solids) are reduced to an extent equivalent to the reduction achieved by 

any of the above methods.

    Any of the processes listed below, if added to the processes 

described in Section A above, further reduce pathogens. Because the 

processes listed below, on their own, do not reduce the attraction of 

disease vectors, they are only add-on in nature.

    Beta ray irradiation: Sludge is irradiated with beta rays from an 

accelerator at dosages of at least 1.0 megarad at room temperature (ca. 

20 [deg]C).

    Gamma ray irradiation: Sludge is irradiated with gamma rays from 

certain isotopes, such as \60\ Cobalt and \137\ Cesium, at dosages of at 

least 1.0 megarad at room temperature (ca. 20 [deg]C).

    Pasteurization: Sludge is maintained for at least 30 minutes at a 

minimum temperature of 70 [deg]C.

    Other methods: Other methods or operating conditions may be 

acceptable if pathogens are reduced to an extent equivalent to the 

reduction achieved by any of the above add-on methods.