Part 724: STANDARDS FOR OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE TREATMENT, STORAGE, AND DISPOSAL FACILITIES

Section 724.110 Applicability a) The regulations in this Subpart B apply to owners and operators of all hazardous waste facilities, except as provided in Section 724.101 and subsection (b). b) Section 724.118(b) applies only to facilities subject to regulation under Subparts I th…

Section 724.1100 Applicability The requirements of this Subpart DD apply to owners or operators who store or treat hazardous waste in units designed and operated under Section 724.1101. The owner or operator is not subject to the definition of land disposal in 35 Ill. Adm. Code 7…

Section 724.1101 Design and Operating Standards a) All containment buildings must comply with the following design and operating standards: 1) The containment building must be completely enclosed with a floor, walls, and a roof to prevent exposure to the elements (e.g., precipita…

Section 724.1102 Closure and Post-Closure Care a) At closure of a containment building, the owner or operator must remove or decontaminate all waste residues, contaminated containment system components (liners, etc.), contaminated subsoils, and structures and equipment contaminat…

Section 724.111 USEPA Identification Number Every facility owner or operator must apply to the Agency for a USEPA identification number using Notification of RCRA Subtitle C Activities (Site Identification Form) (USEPA Form 8700-12). BOARD NOTE: USEPA Form 8700-12 is available fr…

Section 724.112 Required Notices a) The owner or operator of a facility that is arranging to receive hazardous waste subject to Subpart H of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 722 from a foreign source must submit the following required notices: 1) As required by 35 Ill. Adm. Code 722.184(b), for…

Section 724.113 General Waste Analysis a) Analysis 1) Before an owner or operator treats, stores, or disposes of any hazardous wastes, or non-hazardous wastes if applicable under Section 724.213(d), the owner or operator must obtain a detailed chemical and physical analysis of a …

Section 724.114 Security a) The owner or operator must prevent the unknowing entry, and minimize the possibility for the unauthorized entry, of persons or livestock onto the active portion of the facility, unless the owner or operator demonstrates the following to the Agency: 1) …

Section 724.115 General Inspection Requirements a) The owner or operator must conduct inspections often enough to identify problems in time to correct them before they harm human health or the environment. The owner or operator must inspect the facility for malfunctions and deter…

Section 724.116 Personnel Training a) The Personnel Training Program 1) Facility personnel must successfully complete a program of classroom instruction or on-the-job training that teaches them to perform their duties in a way that ensures the facility's compliance with the requi…

Section 724.117 General Requirements for Ignitable, Reactive, or Incompatible Wastes a) The owner or operator must take precautions to prevent accidental ignition or reaction of ignitable or reactive waste. This waste must be separated and protected from sources of ignition or re…

Section 724.118 Location Standards a) Seismic Considerations 1) Portions of new facilities where treatment, storage or disposal of hazardous waste will be conducted must not be located within 61 meters (200 feet) of a fault that has had displacement in Holocene time. 2) As used i…

Section 724.119 Construction Quality Assurance Program a) Construction Quality Assurance (CQA) Program 1) A CQA program is required for all surface impoundment, waste pile and landfill units that are required to comply with Sections 724.321(c) and (d), 724.351(c) and (d), and 724…

Section 724.1200 Applicability The requirements of this Subpart EE apply to owners or operators who store munitions and explosive hazardous wastes, except as Section 724.101 provides otherwise. BOARD NOTE: Depending on explosive hazards, hazardous waste munitions and explosives m…

Section 724.1201 Design and Operating Standards a) An owner or operator of a hazardous waste munitions and explosives storage unit must design and operate the unit with containment systems, controls, and monitoring that fulfill each of the following requirements: 1) The owner or …

Section 724.1202 Closure and Post-Closure Care a) At closure of a magazine or unit that stored hazardous waste under this Subpart EE, the owner or operator must remove or decontaminate all waste residues, contaminated containment system components, contaminated subsoils, and stru…

Section 724.130 Applicability The regulations in this Subpart C apply to owners and operators of a11 hazardous waste management facilities, except as Section 724.101 provides otherwise. (Source: Amended at 27 Ill. Reg. 3725, effective February 14, 2003)

Section 724.131 Design and Operation of Facility 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 su…

Section 724.132 Required Equipment All facilities must be equipped with the following, unless the owner or operator demonstrates to the Agency that none of the hazards posed by waste handled at the facility could require a particular kind of equipment specified below: a) An inter…

Section 724.133 Testing and Maintenance of Equipment 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 …

Section 724.134 Access to Communications or Alarm System 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 …

Section 724.135 Required Aisle Space 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 the ow…

Section 724.137 Arrangements with Local Authorities a) The owner or operator must attempt to make the following arrangements as appropriate for the type of waste handled at the facility and the potential need for the services of these organizations: 1) Arrangements to familiarize…

Section 724.150 Applicability The regulations in this Subpart D apply to owners and operators of all hazardous waste management facilities, except as Section 724.101 provides otherwise. (Source: Amended at 30 Ill. Reg. 3196, effective February 23, 2006)

Section 724.151 Purpose and Implementation of Contingency Plan a) Each owner or operator must have a contingency plan for the facility. The contingency plan must be designed to minimize hazards to human health or the environment from fires, explosions, or any unplanned sudden or …

Section 724.152 Content of Contingency Plan a) The contingency plan must describe the actions facility personnel must take to comply with Sections 724.151 and 724.156 in response to fires, explosions, or any unplanned sudden or non-sudden release of hazardous waste or hazardous w…

Section 724.153 Copies of Contingency Plan A copy of the contingency plan and all revisions to the plan must be: a) Maintained at the facility; and b) Submitted to all local police departments, fire departments, hospitals, and State and local emergency response teams that may be …

Section 724.154 Amendment of Contingency Plan The contingency plan must be reviewed, and immediately amended, if necessary, when any of the following occurs: a) The facility permit is revised; b) The plan fails in an emergency; c) The facility changes − in its design, constructio…

Section 724.155 Emergency Coordinator 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 emer…

Section 724.156 Emergency Procedures a) Whenever there is an imminent or actual emergency situation, the emergency coordinator (or the designee when the emergency coordinator is on call) must immediately do the following: 1) He or she must activate internal facility alarms or com…

Section 724.170 Applicability The regulations in this Subpart E apply to owners and operators of both on-site and off-site facilities, except as Section 724.101 provides otherwise. Sections 724.171, 724.172, and 724.176 do not apply to owners and operators of on-site facilities t…

Section 724.171 Use of Manifest System a) Receipt of Manifested Hazardous Waste 1) If a facility receives hazardous waste accompanied by a manifest, the owner, operator, or its agent must sign and date the manifest, as indicated in subsection (a)(2), to certify that the hazardous…

Section 724.172 Manifest Discrepancies a) "Manifest discrepancies" are defined as any one of the following: 1) Significant differences (as defined by subsection (b)) between the quantity or type of hazardous waste designated on the manifest or shipping paper, and the quantity and…

Section 724.173 Operating Record a) The owner or operator must keep a written operating record at the facility. b) The following information must be recorded as it becomes available and maintained in the operating record for three years unless otherwise provided as follows: 1) A …

Section 724.174 Availability, Retention, and Disposition of Records a) All records, including plans, required under this Part must be furnished upon request, and made available at all reasonable times for inspection, by authorized representatives of the Agency. b) The retention p…

Section 724.175 Annual Facility Activities Report The owner or operator must complete and submit USEPA Form 8700-13 A/B to the Agency by March 1 of each year and must cover activities during the previous year. BOARD NOTE: Corresponding 40 CFR 264.75 requires biennial reporting. T…

Section 724.176 Unmanifested Waste Report a) 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 by 35 Ill. Adm. Code 723.120(e), and if the…

Section 724.177 Additional Reports In addition to submitting the annual report and unmanifested waste reports described in Sections 724.175 and 724.176, the owner or operator must also report to the Agency: a) Releases, fires, and explosions, as specified in Section 724.156(j); b…

Section 724.190 Applicability a) Types of Units 1) Except as provided in subsection (b), the regulations in this Subpart F apply to owners and operators of facilities that treat, store or dispose of hazardous waste. The owner or operator must satisfy the requirements identified i…

Section 724.191 Required Programs a) Owners and operators subject to this Subpart F must conduct a monitoring and response program as follows: 1) Whenever hazardous constituents pursuant to Section 724.193 from a regulated unit are detected at a compliance point pursuant to Secti…

Section 724.192 Groundwater Protection Standard The owner or operator must comply with conditions specified in the facility permit that are designed to ensure that hazardous constituents under Section 724.193 detected in the groundwater from a regulated unit do not exceed the con…

Section 724.193 Hazardous Constituents a) The Agency must specify in the facility permit the hazardous constituents to which the groundwater protection standard of Section 724.192 applies. Hazardous constituents are constituents identified in Appendix H of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 721 t…

Section 724.194 Concentration Limits a) The Agency must specify in the facility permit concentration limits in the groundwater for hazardous constituents established under Section 724.193. The following must be true of the concentration of a hazardous constituent: 1) It must not …

Section 724.195 Point of Compliance a) The Agency must specify in the facility permit the point of compliance at which the groundwater protection standard of Section 724.192 applies and at which monitoring must be conducted. The point of compliance is a vertical surface located a…

Section 724.196 Compliance Period a) The Agency must specify in the facility permit the compliance period during which the groundwater protection standard of Section 724.192 applies. The compliance period is the number of years equal to the active life of the waste management are…

Section 724.197 General Groundwater Monitoring Requirements The owner or operator must comply with the following requirements for any groundwater monitoring program developed to satisfy Section 724.198, 724.199, or 724.200. a) The groundwater monitoring system must consist of a s…

Section 724.198 Detection Monitoring Program An owner or operator required to establish a detection monitoring program under this Subpart F must, at a minimum, discharge the following responsibilities: a) The owner or operator must monitor for indicator parameters (e.g., specific…