[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: 40CFR270.20]



[Page 334-336]

 

                   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.  270.20  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,



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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 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 Sec. Sec.  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:



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    (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;

    (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]