[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 40, Volume 26]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 40CFR270.18]



[Page 331-332]

 

                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 270_EPA ADMINISTERED PERMIT PROGRAMS: THE HAZARDOUS WASTE PERMIT 

PROGRAM--Table of Contents

 

                      Subpart B_Permit Application

 

Sec.  270.18  Specific part B information requirements for waste piles.



    Except as otherwise provided in Sec.  264.1, owners and operators of 

facilities that store or treat hazardous waste in waste piles must 

provide the following additional information:

    (a) A list of hazardous wastes placed or to be placed in each waste 

pile;

    (b) If an exemption is sought to Sec.  264.251 and subpart F of part 

264 as provided by Sec.  264.250(c) or Sec.  264.90(2), an explanation 

of how the standards of Sec.  264.250(c) will be complied with or 

detailed plans and an engineering report describing how the requirements 

of Sec.  264.90(b)(2) will be met.

    (c) Detailed plans and an engineering report describing how the 

waste pile is designed and is or will be constructed, operated, and 

maintained to meet the requirements of Sec. Sec.  264.19, 264.251, 

264.252, and 264.253 of this chapter, addressing the following items:

    (1)(i) The liner system (except for an existing portion of a waste 

pile), if the waste pile must meet the requirements



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of Sec.  264.251(a) of this chapter. If an exemption from the 

requirement for a liner is sought as provided by Sec.  264.251(b) of 

this chapter, submit detailed plans, and engineering and hydrogeological 

reports, as appropriate, describing alternate designs and operating 

practices that will, in conjunction with location aspects, prevent the 

migration of any hazardous constituents into the ground water or surface 

water at any future time;

    (ii) The double liner and leak (leachate) detection, collection, and 

removal system, if the waste pile must meet the requirements of Sec.  

264.251(c) of this chapter. If an exemption from the requirements for 

double liners and a leak detection, collection, and removal system or 

alternative design is sought as provided by Sec.  264.251(d), (e), or 

(f) of this chapter, submit appropriate information;

    (iii) If the leak detection system is located in a saturated zone, 

submit detailed plans and an engineering report explaining the leak 

detection system design and operation, and the location of the saturated 

zone in relation to the leak detection system;

    (iv) The construction quality assurance (CQA) plan if required under 

Sec.  264.19 of this chapter;

    (v) Proposed action leakage rate, with rationale, if required under 

Sec.  264.252 of this chapter, and response action plan, if required 

under Sec.  264.253 of this chapter;

    (2) Control of run-on;

    (3) Control of run-off;

    (4) Management of collection and holding units associated with run-

on and run-off control systems; and

    (5) Control of wind dispersal of particulate matter, where 

applicable;

    (d) A description of how each waste pile, including the double liner 

system, leachate collection and removal system, leak detection system, 

cover system, and appurtenances for control of run-on and run-off, will 

be inspected in order to meet the requirements of Sec.  264.254(a), (b), 

and (c) of this chapter. This information must be included in the 

inspection plan submitted under Sec.  270.14(b)(5);

    (e) If treatment is carried out on or in the pile, details of the 

process and equipment used, and the nature and quality of the residuals;

    (f) If ignitable or reactive wastes are to be placed in a waste 

pile, an explanation of how the requirements of Sec.  264.256 will be 

complied with;

    (g) If incompatible wastes, or incompatible wastes and materials 

will be place in a waste pile, an explanation of how Sec.  264.257 will 

be complied with;

    (h) A description of how hazardous waste residues and contaminated 

materials will be removed from the waste pile at closure, as required 

under Sec.  264.258(a). For any waste not to be removed from the waste 

pile upon closure, the owner or operator must submit detailed plans and 

an engineering report describing how Sec.  264.310 (a) and (b) will be 

complied with. This information should be included in the closure plan 

and, where applicable, the post-closure plan submitted under Sec.  

270.14(b)(13).

    (i) A waste management plan for EPA Hazardous Waste Nos. FO20, FO21, 

FO22, FO23, FO26, and FO27 describing how a waste pile that is not 

enclosed (as defined in Sec.  264.250(c)) is or will be designed, 

constructed, operated, and maintained to meet the requirements of Sec.  

264.259. This submission must address the following items as specified 

in Sec.  264.259:

    (1) The volume, physical, and chemical characteristics of the wastes 

to be disposed in the waste pile, including their potential to migrate 

through soil or to volatilize or escape into the atmosphere;

    (2) The attenuative properties of underlying and surrounding soils 

or other materials;

    (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, as amended at 50 FR 2006, Jan. 14, 1985; 50 

FR 28752, July 15, 1985; 57 FR 3496, Jan. 29, 1992]