Illinois Administrative Code

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…

Section 724.199 Compliance Monitoring Program An owner or operator required to establish a compliance monitoring program under this Subpart F must, at a minimum, discharge the following responsibilities: a) The owner or operator must monitor the groundwater to determine whether r…

Section 724.200 Corrective Action Program An owner or operator required to establish a corrective action program pursuant to this Subpart F must, at a minimum, discharge the following responsibilities: a) The owner or operator must take corrective action to ensure that regulated …

Section 724.201 Corrective Action for Solid Waste Management Units a) The owner or operator of a facility seeking a permit for the treatment, storage, or disposal of hazardous waste must institute corrective action as necessary to adequately protect human health and the environme…

Section 724.210 Applicability Except as Section 724.101 provides otherwise, the following are required: a) Section 724.211 through 724.215 (which concern closure) apply to the owners and operators of all hazardous waste management facilities; b) Sections 724.216 through 724.220 (…

Section 724.211 Closure Performance Standard The owner or operator must close the facility in a manner that does the following: a) The closure minimizes the need for further maintenance; b) The closure controls, minimizes, or eliminates, to the extent necessary to adequately prot…

Section 724.212 Closure Plan; Amendment of Plan a) Written Plan Required 1) The owner or operator of a hazardous waste management facility must have a written closure plan. In addition, certain surface impoundments and waste piles from which the owner or operator intends to remov…

Section 724.213 Closure; Time Allowed for Closure a) All permits must require that, within 90 days after receiving the final volume of hazardous waste, or the final volume of non-hazardous wastes, if the owner or operator complies with all the applicable requirements of subsectio…

Section 724.214 Disposal or Decontamination of Equipment, Structures, and Soils During the partial and final closure periods, all contaminated equipment, structures, and soils must be properly disposed of or decontaminated unless otherwise specified in Sections 724.297, 724.328, …

Section 724.215 Certification of Closure Within 60 days after completion of closure of each hazardous waste surface impoundment, waste pile, land treatment, or landfill unit, and within 60 days after completion of final closure, the owner or operator must submit to the Agency, by…

Section 724.216 Survey Plat No later than the submission of the certification of closure of each hazardous waste disposal unit, the owner or operator must submit to any local zoning authority or authority with jurisdiction over local land use and to the Agency and record with lan…

Section 724.217 Post-Closure Care and Use of Property a) Post-Closure Care Period 1) Post-closure care for each hazardous waste management unit subject to the requirements of Sections 724.217 through 724.220 must begin after completion of closure of the unit and continue for 30 y…

Section 724.218 Post-Closure Care Plan; Amendment of Plan a) Written Plan. The owner or operator of a hazardous waste disposal unit must have a written post-closure care plan. In addition, certain surface impoundments and waste piles from which the owner or operator intends to re…

Section 724.219 Post-Closure Notices a) No later than 60 days after certification of closure of each hazardous waste disposal unit, the owner or operator of a disposal facility must submit to the Agency, to the County Recorder and to any local zoning authority or authority with j…

Section 724.220 Certification of Completion of Post-Closure Care No later than 60 days after completion of the established post-closure care period for each hazardous waste disposal unit, the owner or operator must submit to the Agency, by registered mail, a certification that th…

Section 724.240 Applicability a) The requirements of Sections 724.242, 724.243, and 724.247 through 724.251 apply to owners and operators of all hazardous waste facilities, except as provided otherwise in this Section or in Section 724.101. b) The requirements of Sections 724.244…

Section 724.241 Definitions of Terms as Used in This Subpart For the purposes of this Subpart H, the following terms have the given meanings: a) "Closure plan" means the plan for closure prepared in accordance with the requirements of Section 724.212. b) "Current closure cost est…

Section 724.242 Cost Estimate for Closure a) The owner or operator must have detailed a written estimate, in current dollars, of the cost of closing the facility in accordance with the requirements in Sections 724.211 through 724.215 and applicable closure requirements in Section…

Section 724.243 Financial Assurance for Closure An owner or operator of each facility must establish financial assurance for closure of the facility. The owner or operator must choose from the options that are specified in subsections (a) through (f). a) Closure Trust Fund 1) An …

Section 724.244 Cost Estimate for Post-Closure Care a) The owner or operator of a disposal surface impoundment, disposal miscellaneous unit, land treatment unit, or landfill unit or the owner or operator of a surface impoundment or waste pile required under Sections 724.328 or 72…

Section 724.245 Financial Assurance for Post-Closure Care An owner or operator of a hazardous waste management unit subject to the requirements of Section 724.244 must establish financial assurance for post-closure care in accordance with the approved post-closure plan for the fa…

Section 724.246 Use of a Mechanism for Financial Assurance of Both Closure and Post-Closure Care An owner or operator may satisfy the requirements for financial assurance for both closure and post-closure care for one or more facilities by using a trust fund, surety bond, letter …

Section 724.247 Liability Requirements a) Coverage for Sudden Accidental Occurrences. An owner or operator of a hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facility, or a group of such facilities, must demonstrate financial responsibility for bodily injury and property damage…

Section 724.248 Incapacity of Owners or Operators, Guarantors, or Financial Institutions a) An owner or operator must notify the Agency by certified mail of the commencement of a voluntary or involuntary proceeding under Title 11 of the United States Code (Bankruptcy) naming the …

Section 724.251 Wording of the Instruments The Agency must promulgate standardized forms based on 40 CFR 264.151 (Wording of the Instruments), incorporated by reference in 35 Ill. Adm. Code 720.111(b), with such changes in wording as are necessary under Illinois law. Any owner or…

Section 724.270 Applicability The regulations in this Subpart I apply to the owner or operator of a hazardous waste facility that stores hazardous waste in containers, except as Section 724.101 provides otherwise. BOARD NOTE: Under Sections 721.107 and 721.133(c), if a hazardous …

Section 724.271 Condition of Containers If a container holding hazardous waste is not in good condition (e.g., severe rusting, apparent structural defects, etc.) or if it begins to leak, the owner or operator must transfer the hazardous waste from this container to a container th…

Section 724.272 Compatibility of Waste with Container The owner or operator must use a container made of or lined with materials that will not react with, and which are otherwise compatible with, the hazardous waste to be stored, so that the ability of the container to contain th…

Section 724.273 Management of Containers a) A container holding hazardous waste must always be closed during storage, except when it is necessary to add or remove waste. b) A container holding hazardous waste must not be opened, handled, or stored in a manner that may rupture the…

Section 724.274 Inspections At least weekly, the owner or operator must inspect areas where containers are stored. The owner or operator must look for leaking containers and for deterioration of containers and the containment system caused by corrosion or other factors. See Secti…

Section 724.275 Containment a) Container storage areas must have a containment system that is designed and operated in accordance with subsection (b), except as otherwise provided by subsection (c); b) A containment system must be designed and operated as follows: 1) A base must …

Section 724.276 Special Requirements for Ignitable or Reactive Waste Containers holding ignitable or reactive waste must be located at least 15 meters (50 feet) from the facility's property line. BOARD NOTE: See Section 724.117(a) for additional requirements. (Source: Amended at …

Section 724.277 Special Requirements for Incompatible Wastes a) Incompatible wastes or incompatible wastes and materials (see appendix V of 40 CFR 265 (Examples of Potentially Incompatible Waste), incorporated by reference in 35 Ill. Adm. Code 720.111(b), for examples) must not b…