HAR 11-264 — HAZADOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT STANDARDS FOR OWNERS AND OPERATERS OF HAZADOUS WASTE TREATMENT, STORAGE, AND DISPOSAL FACILITIES (Subchapter A to FF)

Unless they are very small, such as an ampule, containers must be either: (a) At least ninety percent full when placed in the landfill; or (b) Crushed, shredded, or similarly reduced in volume to the maximum practical extent before burial in the landfill. Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-…

Small containers of hazardous waste in overpacked drums (lab packs) may be placed in a landfill if the following requirements are met: (a) Hazardous waste must be packaged in non-leaking inside containers. The inside containers must be of a design and constructed of a material th…

(a) Hazardous Wastes FO20, FO21, FO22, FO23, FO26, and FO27 must not be placed in any landfill unless the owner or operator operates the landfill in accord with a management plan for these wastes that is approved by the director pursuant to the standards set out in this subsectio…

All facilities must be equipped with the following, unless it can be demonstrated to the director that none of the hazards posed by waste handled at the facility could require a particular kind of equipment specified below: (a) An internal communications or alarm system capable o…

All facility communications or alarm systems, fire protection equipment, spill control equipment, and decontamination equipment, where required, must be tested and maintained as necessary to assure its proper operation in time of emergency. Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-264-33 [Eff 6/1…

(a) Whenever hazardous waste is being poured, mixed, spread, or otherwise handled, all personnel involved in the operation must have immediate access to an internal alarm or emergency communication device, either directly or through visual or voice contact with another employee, …

(a) The rules of this subchapter apply to owners and operators of hazardous waste incinerators (as defined in section 11-260-10), except as section 11-264-1 provides otherwise. (b) After consideration of the waste analysis included with Part B of the permit application, the direc…

(a) As a portion of the trial burn plan required by section 11-270-62, or with Part B of the permit application, the owner or operator must have included an analysis of the waste feed sufficient to provide all information required by subsection 11-270-62(b) or section 11-270-19. …

(a) Principal Organic Hazardous Constituents (POHCs) in the waste feed must be treated to the extent required by the performance standard of section 11-264-343. (b) (1) One or more POHCs will be specified in the facility's permit, from among those constituents listed in Appendix …

An incinerator burning hazardous waste must be designed, constructed, and maintained so that, when operated in accordance with operating requirements specified under section 11-264-345, it will meet the following performance standards: (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (a)(…

(a) The owner or operator of a hazardous waste incinerator may burn only wastes specified in his permit and only under operating conditions specified for those wastes under section 11-264-345, except: (1) In approved trial burns under section 11-270-62; or (2) Under exemptions cr…

(a) An incinerator must be operated in accordance with operating requirements specified in the permit. These will be specified on a case-by-case basis as those demonstrated (in a trial burn or in alternative data as specified in subsection 11-264-344(b) and included with Part B o…

Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-264-346

(a) The owner or operator must conduct, as a minimum, the following monitoring while incinerating hazardous waste: (1) Combustion temperature, waste feed rate, and the indicator of combustion gas velocity specified in the facility permit must be monitored on a continuous basis. (…

Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-264-348 - 11-264-350

The owner or operator must maintain aisle space to allow the unobstructed movement of personnel, fire protection equipment, spill control equipment, and decontamination equipment to any area of facility operation in an emergency, unless it can be demonstrated to the director that…

At closure the owner or operator must remove all hazardous waste and hazardous waste residues (including, but not limited to, ash, scrubber waters, and scrubber sludges) from the incinerator site. Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-264-351 [Eff 6/18/94; comp] (Auth: HRS §§ 342J-4, 342J-31, …

Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-264-36

(a) The owner or operator must attempt to make the following arrangements, as appropriate for the type of waste handled at his facility and the potential need for the services of these organizations: (1) Arrangements to familiarize police, fire departments, and emergency response…

Notwithstanding any other provisions of these rules, enforcement actions may be brought pursuant to HRS section 342J-8. Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-264-4 [Eff 6/18/94; comp] (Auth: HRS §§ 342J-4, 342J-31, 342J-34, 342J-35) (Imp: 40 C.F.R. §264.4)

The rules in this subchapter apply to owners and operators of all hazardous waste facilities, except as section 11-264-1 provides otherwise. Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-264-50 [Eff 6/18/94; comp] (Auth: HRS §§ 342J-4, 342J-31, 342J-34, 342J-35) (Imp: 40 C.F.R. §264.50)

(a) Each owner or operator must have a contingency plan for his facility. The contingency plan must be designed to minimize hazards to human health or the environment from fires, explosions, or any unplanned sudden or non-sudden release of hazardous waste or hazardous waste const…

(a) The contingency plan must describe the actions facility personnel must take to comply with sections 11-264-51 and 11-264-56 in response to fires, explosions, or any unplanned sudden or non-sudden release of hazardous waste or hazardous waste constituents to air, soil, or surf…

A copy of the contingency plan and all revisions to the plan must be: (a) Maintained at the facility; and (b) Submitted to the appropriate County police departments, fire departments, hospitals, and State and County emergency response teams that may be called upon to provide emer…

The contingency plan must be reviewed, and immediately amended, if necessary, whenever: (a) The facility permit is revised; (b) The plan fails in an emergency; (c) The facility changes -- in its design, construction, operation, maintenance, or other circumstances -- in a way that…

At all times, there must be at least one employee either on the facility premises or on call (i.e., available to respond to an emergency by reaching the facility within a short period of time) with the responsibility for coordinating all emergency response measures. This emergenc…

(a) For the purpose of implementing remedies under section 11-264-101 or HRS section 342J-36, the director may designate an area at the facility as a corrective action management unit, as defined in section 11-260-10, in accordance with the requirements of this section. One or mo…

(a) For temporary tanks and container storage areas used for treatment or storage of hazardous remediation wastes, during remedial activities required under section 11-264-101 or HRS section 342J-36, the director may determine that a design, operating, or closure standard applica…

(a) Whenever there is an imminent or actual emergency situation, the emergency coordinator (or his designee when the emergency coordinator is on call) must immediately: (1) Activate internal facility alarms or communication systems, where applicable, to notify all facility person…

(a) The requirements of this subchapter apply to owners and operators of facilities that use new or existing drip pads to convey treated wood drippage, precipitation, and/or surface water run-off to an associated collection system. Existing drip pads are those constructed before …

(a) For each existing drip pad as defined in section 11-264-570, the owner or operator must evaluate the drip pad and determine that it meets all of the requirements of this subchapter, except the requirements for liners and leak detection systems of subsection 11-264-573(b). No …

Owners and operators of new drip pads must ensure that the pads are designed, installed, and operated in accordance with one of the following: (a) all of the requirements of sections 11-264-573 (except paragraph 11-264-573(a) (4)), 11-264-574 and 11-264-575, or (b) all of the req…

(a) Drip pads must: (1) Be constructed of non-earthen materials, excluding wood and non-structurally supported asphalt; (2) Be sloped to free-drain treated wood drippage, rain and other waters, or solutions of drippage and water or other wastes to the associated collection system…

(a) During construction or installation, liners and cover systems (e.g., membranes, sheets, or coatings) must be inspected for uniformity, damage and imperfections (e.g., holes, cracks, thin spots, or foreign materials). Immediately after construction or installation, liners must…

(a) At closure, the owner or operator must remove or decontaminate all waste residues, contaminated containment system components (pad, liners, etc.), contaminated subsoils, and structures and equipment contaminated with waste and leakage, and manage them as hazardous waste. (b) …

The requirements in this subchapter apply to owners and operators of facilities that treat, store, or dispose of hazardous waste in miscellaneous units, except as section 11-264-1 provides otherwise. Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-264-600 [Eff 6/18/94; comp] (Auth: HRS §§ 342J-4, 342J-3…

A miscellaneous unit must be located, designed, constructed, operated, maintained, and closed in a manner that will ensure protection of human health and the environment. Permits for miscellaneous units are to contain such terms and provisions as necessary to protect human health…

Monitoring, testing, analytical data, inspections, response, and reporting procedures and frequencies must ensure compliance with sections 11-264-601, 11-264-15, 11-264-33, 11-264-75, 11-264-76, 11-264-77, and 11-264-101 as well as meet any additional requirements needed to prote…

A miscellaneous unit that is a disposal unit must be maintained in a manner that complies with section 11-264-601 during the post-closure care period. In addition, if a treatment or storage unit has contaminated soils or ground water that cannot be completely removed or decontami…

The rules in this subchapter apply to owners and operators of both on-site and off-site facilities, except as section 11-264-1 provides otherwise. Sections 11-264-71, 11-264-72, and 11-264-76 do not apply to owners and operators of on-site facilities that do not receive any hazar…

(a) If a facility receives hazardous waste accompanied by a manifest, the owner or operator, or his or her agent, must: (1) Sign and date each copy of the manifest to certify that the hazardous waste covered by the manifest was received; (2) Note any significant discrepancies in …

(a) Manifest discrepancies are differences between the quantity or type of hazardous waste designated on the manifest or shipping paper, and the quantity or type of hazardous waste a facility actually receives. Significant discrepancies in quantity are: (1) For bulk waste, variat…

(a) The owner or operator must keep a written operating record at his facility. (b) The following information must be recorded, as it becomes available, and maintained in the operating record until closure of the facility: (1) A description and the quantity of each hazardous wast…

(a) All records, including plans, required under this chapter must be furnished upon request, and made available at all reasonable times for inspection, by any officer, employee, or representative of the department who is duly designated by the director. (b) The retention period …

The owner or operator must prepare and submit a single copy of a biennial report to the director by March 1 of each even numbered year. The biennial report must be submitted on EPA Form 8700-13B (see Appendix X). The report must cover facility activities during the previous calen…

If a facility accepts for treatment, storage, or disposal any hazardous waste from an off-site source without an accompanying manifest, or without an accompanying shipping paper as described in paragraph 11-263-20(e)(2), and if the waste is not excluded from the manifest requirem…

In addition to submitting the biennial reports and unmanifested waste reports described in 11-264-75 and 11-264-76, the owner or operator must also report to the director: (a) Releases, fires, and explosions as specified in subsection 11-264-56(j); (b) Facility closures specified…