[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: 40CFR257.5]



[Page 380-381]

 

                   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.  257.5  Disposal standards for owners/operators of non-municipal 

non-hazardous waste disposal units that receive Conditionally Exempt 

Small Quantity Generator (CESQG) waste.



    Source: 61 FR 34269, July 1, 1996, unless otherwise noted.





    (a) Applicability. (1) The requirements in this section apply to 

owners/operators of any non-municipal non-hazardous waste disposal unit 

that receives CESQG hazardous waste, as defined in 40 CFR 261.5. Non-

municipal non-hazardous waste disposal units that meet the requirements 

of this section may receive CESQG wastes. Any owner/operator of a non-

municipal non-hazardous waste disposal unit that receives CESQG 

hazardous waste continues to be subject to the requirements in 

Sec. Sec.  257.3-2, 257.3-3, 257.3-5, 257.3-6, 257.3-7, and 257.3-8 (a), 

(b), and (d).

    (2) Any non-municipal non-hazardous waste disposal unit that is 

receiving CESQG hazardous waste as of January 1, 1998, must be in 

compliance with the requirements in Sec. Sec.  257.7 through 257.13 and 

Sec.  257.30 by January 1, 1998, and the requirements in Sec. Sec.  

257.21 through 257.28 by July 1, 1998.

    (3) Any non-municipal non-hazardous waste disposal unit that does 

not meet the requirements in this section may not receive CESQG wastes.

    (4) Any non-municipal non-hazardous waste disposal unit that is not 

receiving CESQG Hazardous waste as of January 1, 1998, continues to be 

subject to the requirements in Sec. Sec.  257.1 through 257.4.

    (5) Any non-municipal non-hazardous waste disposal unit that first 

receives CESQG hazardous waste after January 1, 1998, must be in 

compliance with Sec. Sec.  257.7 through 257.30 prior to the receipt of 

CESQG hazardous waste.

    (b) Definitions.

    Active life means the period of operation beginning with the initial 

receipt of solid waste and ending at the final receipt of solid waste.

    Existing unit means any non-municipal non-hazardous waste disposal 

unit that is receiving CESQG hazardous waste as of January 1, 1998.

    Facility means all contiguous land and structures, other 

appurtenances, and improvements on the land used for the disposal of 

non-municipal non-hazardous waste.

    Lateral expansion means a horizontal expansion of the waste 

boundaries of an existing non-municipal non-hazardous waste disposal 

unit.

    New unit means any non-municipal non-hazardous waste disposal unit 

that has not received CESQG hazardous waste prior to January 1, 1998.

    State means any of the several States, the District of Columbia, the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, 

and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

    State Director means the chief administrative officer of the lead 

state agency responsible for implementing the state permit program for 

40 CFR part 257, subpart B and 40 CFR part 258 regulated facilities.

    Uppermost aquifer means the geologic formation nearest the natural 

ground surface that is an aquifer, as well as, lower aquifers that are 

hydraulically interconnected with this aquifer within the facility's 

property boundary.



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    Waste management unit boundary means a vertical surface located at 

the hydraulically downgradient limit of the unit. This vertical surface 

extends down into the uppermost aquifer.



[61 FR 34269, July 1, 1996, as amended at 63 FR 57044, Oct. 23, 1998]



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