HAR 11-265 — HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT INTERIM STATUS STANDARDS FOR OWNERS OPERATORS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE TREATMENT, STORAGE AND DISPOSAL FACILITIES (Subchapter A to FF)

(a) The rules in this subchapter apply to owners and operators of hazardous waste incinerators (as defined in section 11-260-10), except as section 11-265-1 provides otherwise. (b) Owners and operators of incinerators burning hazardous waste are exempt from all of the requirement…

In addition to the waste analyses required by section 11-265-13, the owner or operator must sufficiently analyze any waste which he has not previously burned in his incinerator to enable him to establish steady state (normal) operating conditions (including waste and auxiliary fu…

Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-265-342 - 11-265-344

During start-up and shut-down of an incinerator, the owner or operator must not feed hazardous waste unless the incinerator is at steady state (normal) conditions of operation, including steady state operating temperature and air flow. Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-265-345 [Eff 6/18/94…

Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-265-346

The owner or operator must conduct, as a minimum, the following monitoring and inspections when incinerating hazardous waste: (a) Existing instruments which relate to combustion and emission control must be monitored at least every fifteen minutes. Appropriate corrections to main…

Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-265-348 - 11-265-350

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 aisle space is not needed for any of these …

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. Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-265-351 [Eff 6/18/94; comp] (Auth: HRS §§ 342J-4, 342J-31, 342J-3…

(a) Owners or operators of incinerators subject to this subchapter may burn EPA Hazardous Wastes FO20, FO21, FO22, FO23, FO26, or FO27 if they receive a certification from the director that they can meet the performance standards of subchapter O of chapter 11-264 when they burn t…

Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-265-353 - 11-265-369

Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-265-36

(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…

The rules in this subchapter apply to owners or operators of facilities that thermally treat hazardous waste in devices other than enclosed devices using controlled flame combustion, except as section 11-265-1 provides otherwise. Thermal treatment in enclosed devices using contro…

Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-265-371 - 11-265-372

Before adding hazardous waste, the owner or operator must bring his thermal treatment process to steady state (normal) conditions of operation -- including steady state operating temperature --using auxiliary fuel or other means, unless the process is a non-continuous (batch) the…

Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-265-374

In addition to the waste analyses required by section 11-265-13, the owner or operator must sufficiently analyze any waste which he has not previously treated in his thermal process to enable him to establish steady state (normal) or other appropriate (for a non-continuous proces…

Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-265-376

(a) The owner or operator must conduct, as a minimum, the following monitoring and inspections when thermally treating hazardous waste: (1) Existing instruments which relate to temperature and emission control (if an emission control device is present) must be monitored at least …

Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-265-378 - 11-265-380

At closure, the owner or operator must remove all hazardous waste and hazardous waste residues (including, but not limited to, ash) from the thermal treatment process or equipment. Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-265-381 [Eff 6/18/94; comp] (Auth: HRS §§ 342J-4, 342J-31, 342J-34, 342J-35…

Open burning of hazardous waste is prohibited except for the open burning and detonation of waste explosives. Waste explosives include waste which has the potential to detonate and bulk military propellants which cannot safely be disposed of through other modes of treatment. Deto…

(a) Owners or operators of thermal treatment devices subject to this subchapter may burn EPA Hazardous Wastes FO20, FO21, FO22, FO23, FO26, or FO27 if they receive a certification from the director that they can meet the performance standards of Subchapter O of chapter 11-264 whe…

Notwithstanding any other provisions of these rules, enforcement actions may be brought pursuant to HRS section 342J-8. Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-265-4 [Eff 6/18/94; comp] (Auth: HRS §§ 342J-4, 342J-31, 342J-34, 342J-35) (Imp: 4 0 C.F.R. §265.4 )

The rules in this subchapter apply to owners and operators of facilities which treat hazardous wastes by chemical, physical, or biological methods in other than tanks, surface impoundments, and land treatment facilities, except as section 11-265-1 provides otherwise. Chemical, ph…

(a) Chemical, physical, or biological treatment of hazardous waste must comply with subsection 11-265-17(b). (b) Hazardous wastes or treatment reagents must not be placed in the treatment process or equipment if they could cause the treatment process or equipment to rupture, leak…

(a) In addition to the waste analysis required by section 11-265-13, whenever: (1) A hazardous waste which is substantially different from waste previously treated in a treatment process or equipment at the facility is to be treated in that process or equipment, or (2) A substant…

(a) The owner or operator of a treatment facility must inspect, where present: (1) Discharge control and safety equipment (e.g., waste feed cut-off systems, by-pass systems, drainage systems, and pressure relief systems) at least once each operating day, to ensure that it is in g…

At closure, all hazardous waste and hazardous waste residues must be removed from treatment processes or equipment, discharge control equipment, and discharge confinement structures. Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-265-404 [Eff 6/18/94; comp] (Auth: HRS §§ 342J-4, 342J-31, 342J-34, 342J-…

(a) Ignitable or reactive waste must not be placed in a treatment process or equipment unless: (1) The waste is treated, rendered, or mixed before or immediately after placement in the treatment process or equipment so that (i) the resulting waste, mixture, or dissolution of mate…

(a) Incompatible wastes, or incompatible wastes and materials, (see Appendix V for examples) must not be placed in the same treatment process or equipment, unless subsection 11-265-17(b) is complied with. (b) Hazardous waste must not be placed in unwashed treatment equipment whic…

Except as section 11-265-1 provides otherwise: (a) The owner or operator of a facility which disposes of hazardous waste by underground injection is excluded from the requirements of subchapters G and H. (b) The requirements of this subchapter apply to owners and operators of wel…

(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 11-265-440, 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 11-265-443(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 applicable requirements of section 11-265-443 (except paragraph 11-265-443(a) (4)), sections 11-265-444 and 11-265-445, or…

(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 mus…

(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 rules in this subchapter apply to owners and operators of all hazardous waste facilities, except as section 11-265-1 provides otherwise. Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-265-50 [Eff 6/18/94; comp] (Auth: HRS §§ 342J-4, 342J-31, 342J-34, 342J-35) (Imp: 40 C.F.R. §265.50)

(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 11-265-51 and 11-265-56 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 all county police departments, fire departments, hospitals, and State and county emergency response teams that may be called upon to provide emergency servic…

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

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) 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…

The rules in this subchapter apply to owners and operators of both on-site and off-site facilities, except as section 11-265-1 provides otherwise. Sections 11-265-71, 11-265-72, and 11-265-76 do not apply to owners and operators of on-site facilities that do not receive any hazar…