Hawaii Administrative Code

(a) An owner or operator subject to this subchapter must establish a land treatment program that is designed to ensure that hazardous constituents placed in or on the treatment zone are degraded, transformed, or immobilized within the treatment zone. The director will specify in …

(a) For each waste that will be applied to the treatment zone, the owner or operator must demonstrate, prior to application of the waste, that hazardous constituents in the waste can be completely degraded, transformed, or immobilized in the treatment zone. (b) In making this dem…

The director will specify in the facility permit how the owner or operator will design, construct, operate, and maintain the land treatment unit in compliance with this section. (a) The owner or operator must design, construct, operate, and maintain the unit to maximize the degra…

Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-264-274 - 11-264-275

The director may allow the growth of food-chain crops in or on the treatment zone only if the owner or operator satisfies the conditions of this section. The director will specify in the facility permit the specific food-chain crops which may be grown. (a) (1) The owner or operat…

Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-264-277

An owner or operator subject to this subchapter must establish an unsaturated zone monitoring program to discharge the following responsibilities: (a) The owner or operator must monitor the soil and soil-pore liquid to determine whether hazardous constituents migrate out of the t…

The owner or operator must include hazardous waste application dates and rates in the operating record required under section 11-264-73. Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-264-279 [Eff 6/18/94; comp] (Auth: HRS §§ 342J-4, 342J-31, 342J-34, 342J-35) (Imp: 40 C.F.R. §264.279)

(a) During the closure period the owner or operator must: (1) Continue all operations (including pH control) necessary to maximize degradation, transformation, or immobilization of hazardous constituents within the treatment zone as required under subsection 11-264-273(a), except…

The owner or operator must not apply ignitable or reactive waste to the treatment zone unless the waste and the treatment zone meet all applicable requirements of chapter 11-2 68, and: (a) The waste is immediately incorporated into the soil so that: (1) The resulting waste, mixtu…

The owner or operator must not place incompatible wastes, or incompatible wastes and materials (see Appendix V for examples), in or on the same treatment zone, unless subsection 11-264-17(b) is complied with. Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-264-282 [Eff 6/18/94; comp] (Auth: HRS §§ 342J-…

(a) Hazardous Wastes FO20, FO21, FO22, FO23, FO26 and, FO27 must not be placed in a land treatment unit unless the owner or operator operates the facility in accordance with a management plan for these wastes that is approved by the director pursuant to the standards set out in t…

A facility owner or operator who has fully complied with the requirements for interim status -- as defined in HRS section 342J-30(b) and regulations under section 11-270-70 -- must comply with the regulations specified in chapter 11-265 in lieu of the regulations in this chapter,…

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. § 11-264-30 [Eff 6/18/94; comp] (Auth: HRS §§ 342J-4, 342J-31, 342J-34, 342J-35) (Imp: 40 C.F.R. §264.30)

The rules in this subchapter apply to owners and operators of facilities that dispose of hazardous waste in landfills, except as section 11-264-1 provides otherwise. Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-264-300 [Eff 6/18/94; comp] (Auth: HRS §§ 342J-4, 342J-31, 342J-34, 342J-35) (Imp: 40 C.F.…

(a) Any landfill that is not covered by subsection (c) or subsection 11-265-301(a) must have a liner system for all portions of the landfill (except for existing portions of such landfill). The liner system must have: (1) A liner that is designed, constructed, and installed to pr…

(a) The director shall approve an action leakage rate for landfill units subject to subsection 11-264-301(c) or (d). The action leakage rate is the maximum design flow rate that the leak detection system (LDS) can remove without the fluid head on the bottom liner exceeding one fo…

(a) During construction or installation, liners (except in the case of existing portions of landfills exempt from subsection 11-264-301(a)) and cover systems (e.g., membranes, sheets, or coatings) must be inspected for uniformity, damage, and imperfections (e.g., holes, cracks, t…

(a) The owner or operator of landfill units subject to subsection 11-264-301(c) or (d) must have an approved response action plan before receipt of waste. The response action plan must set forth the actions to be taken if the action leakage rate has been exceeded. At a minimum, t…

Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-264-305 - 11-264-308

The owner or operator of a landfill must maintain the following items in the operating record required under section 11-264-73: (a) On a map, the exact location and dimensions, including depth, of each cell with respect to permanently surveyed benchmarks; and (b) The contents of …

Facilities must be designed, constructed, maintained, and operated to minimize the possibility of a fire, explosion, or any unplanned sudden or non-sudden release of hazardous waste or hazardous waste constituents to air, soil, or surface water which could threaten human health o…

(a) At final closure of the landfill or upon closure of any cell, the owner or operator must cover the landfill or cell with a final cover designed and constructed to: (1) Provide long-term minimization of migration of liquids through the closed landfill; (2) Function with minimu…

Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-264-311

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), and in section 11-264-316, ignitable or reactive waste must not be placed in a landfill, unless the waste and landfill meet all applicable requirements of chapter 11-268, and: (1) The resulting waste, mixture, or dissolution of material n…

Incompatible wastes, or incompatible wastes and materials, (see Appendix V for examples) must not be placed in the same landfill cell, unless subsection 11-264-17(b) is complied with. Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-264-313 [Eff 6/18/94; comp] (Auth: HRS §§ 342J-4, 342J-31, 342J-34, 342J…

(a) [Reserved] (b) The placement of bulk or non-containerized liquid hazardous waste or hazardous waste containing free liquids (whether or not sorbents have been added) in any landfill is prohibited. (c) To demonstrate the absence or presence of free liquids in either a containe…

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)