Illinois Administrative Code

Section 725.173 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 725.174 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 any officer, employee, or representative of the Agency that is…

Section 725.175 Annual Report The owner and operator must complete and submit a Hazardous Waste Report (USEPA Form 8700-13 A/B) to the Agency by March 1 of the following year and must cover facility activities during the previous calendar year. (Source: Amended at 42 Ill. Reg. 23…

Section 725.176 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 725.177 Additional Reports In addition to submitting the annual report and unmanifested waste reports described in Sections 725.175 and 725.176, the owner or operator must also report the following information to the Agency: a) Releases, fires, and explosions, as specifie…

Section 725.190 Applicability a) The owner or operator of a surface impoundment, landfill, or land treatment facility that is used to manage hazardous waste must implement a groundwater monitoring program capable of determining the facility's impact on the quality of groundwater …

Section 725.191 Groundwater Monitoring System a) A groundwater monitoring system must be capable of yielding groundwater samples for analysis and must consist of the following components: 1) Monitoring wells (at least one) installed hydraulically upgradient (i.e., in the directio…

Section 725.192 Sampling and Analysis a) The owner or operator must obtain and analyze samples from the installed groundwater monitoring system. The owner or operator must develop and follow a groundwater sampling and analysis plan. The owner or operator must keep this plan at th…

Section 725.193 Preparation, Evaluation, and Response a) The owner or operator must prepare an outline of a groundwater quality assessment program. The outline must describe a more comprehensive groundwater monitoring program (than that described in Sections 725.191 and 725.192) …

Section 725.194 Recordkeeping and Reporting a) Unless the groundwater is monitored to satisfy the requirements of Section 725.193(d)(4), the owner or operator must do the following: 1) Keep records of the analyses required in Section 725.192(c) and (d), the associated groundwater…

Section 725.210 Applicability Except as Section 725.101 provides otherwise, the following requirements apply as indicated: a) Sections 725.211 through 725.215 (which concern closure) apply to the owners and operators of all hazardous waste management facilities; and b) Sections 7…

Section 725.211 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 725.212 Closure Plan; Amendment of Plan a) Written Plan. Within six months after the effective date of the rule that first subjects a facility to provisions of this Section, the owner or operator of a hazardous waste management facility must have a written closure plan. U…

Section 725.213 Closure; Time Allowed for Closure a) Within 90 days after receiving the final volume of hazardous wastes, or the final volume of non-hazardous wastes, if the owner or operator complies with all the applicable requirements of subsections (d) and (e) at a hazardous …

Section 725.214 Disposal or Decontamination of Equipment, Structures and Soils During the partial and final closure periods, all contaminated equipment, structures, and soil must be properly disposed of, or decontaminated unless specified otherwise in Section 725.297, 725.328, 72…

Section 725.215 Certification of Closure Within 60 days after completion of closure of each hazardous waste surface impoundment, waste pile, land treatment, and landfill unit, and within 60 days after completion of final closure, the owner or operator must submit to the Agency, b…

Section 725.216 Survey Plat No later than the submission of the certification of closure of each hazardous waste disposal unit, an owner or operator must submit to any local zoning authority, or authority with jurisdiction over local land use, to the County Recorder and to the Ag…

Section 725.217 Post-Closure Care and Use of Property a) Post-Closure Care 1) Post-closure care for each hazardous waste management unit subject to the requirements of Sections 725.217 through 725.220 must begin after completion of closure of the unit and continue for 30 years af…

Section 725.218 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. An owner or operator of a surface impoundment or waste pile that intends to remove all hazardous wastes …

Section 725.219 Post-Closure Notices Within 90 days after closure is completed, the owner or operator of a disposal facility must submit to the County Recorder and to the Agency a survey plat indicating the location and dimensions of landfill cells or other disposal areas with re…

Section 725.220 Certification of Completion of Post-Closure Care No later than 60 days after the 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 tha…

Section 725.221 Alternative Post-Closure Care Requirements a) An owner or operator that is subject to the requirement to obtain a post-closure care permit under Subpart B of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 703 but which obtains an enforceable document in lieu of a post-closure permit, as provi…

Section 725.240 Applicability a) The requirements of Sections 725.242, 725.243, and 725.247 through 725.250 apply to owners and operators of all hazardous waste facilities, except as provided otherwise in this Section or in Section 725.101. b) The requirements of Sections 725.244…

Section 725.241 Definitions of Terms as Used in this Subpart H a) "Closure plan" means the plan for closure prepared in accordance with the requirements of Section 725.212. b) "Current closure cost estimate" means the most recent of the estimates prepared in accordance with Secti…

Section 725.242 Cost Estimate for Closure a) The owner or operator must have a detailed written estimate, in current dollars, of the cost of closing the facility in accordance with the requirements in Sections 725.211 through 725.215 and applicable closure requirements of Section…

Section 725.243 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 specified in subsections (a) through (e). a) Closure Trust Fund 1) An owner or …

Section 725.244 Cost Estimate for Post-Closure Care a) The owner or operator of a hazardous waste disposal unit must have a detailed written estimate, in current dollars, of the annual cost of post-closure monitoring and maintenance of the facility in accordance with the applicab…

Section 725.245 Financial Assurance for Post-Closure Monitoring and Maintenance An owner or operator of a facility with a hazardous waste disposal unit must establish financial assurance for post-closure care of the disposal units. The owner or operator must choose from the follo…

Section 725.246 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 725.247 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 725.248 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 11 USC (Bankruptcy) naming the owner or operator as debtor,…

Section 725.251 Promulgation of Forms (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 11 Ill. Reg. 6044, effective March 24, 1987) SUBPART I: USE AND MANAGEMENT OF CONTAINERS

Section 725.270 Applicability The regulations in this Subpart I apply to owners and operators of all hazardous waste facilities that store containers of hazardous waste, except as Section 725.101 provides otherwise. (Source: Amended at 29 Ill. Reg. 6389, effective April 22, 2005)

Section 725.271 Condition of Containers If a container holding hazardous waste is not in good condition or if it begins to leak, the owner or operator must transfer the hazardous waste from this container to a container that is in good condition or manage the waste in some other …

Section 725.272 Compatibility of Waste with Containers The owner or operator must use a container made of or lined with materials that will not react with and are otherwise compatible with the hazardous waste to be stored, so that the ability of the container to contain the waste…

Section 725.273 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 725.274 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 caused by corrosion or other factors. See Section 725.171 for remedial act…

Section 725.276 Special Requirements for Ignitable or Reactive Wastes 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 725.117(a) for additional requirements. (Source: Amended at…

Section 725.277 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…

Section 725.278 Air Emission Standards The owner or operator must manage all hazardous waste placed in a container in accordance with the requirements of Subparts AA, BB, and CC of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 724. (Source: Amended at 29 Ill. Reg. 6389, effective April 22, 2005) SUBPART J: …

Section 725.290 Applicability The regulations of this Subpart J apply to owners and operators of facilities that use tank systems for storing or treating hazardous waste, except as otherwise provided in subsection (a), (b), or (c) or in Section 725.101. a) Tank systems that are u…

Section 725.291 Assessment of Existing Tank System Integrity a) For each existing tank system that does not have secondary containment meeting the requirements of Section 725.293, the owner or operator must determine either that the tank system is not leaking or that it is unfit …

Section 725.292 Design and Installation of New Tank Systems or Components a) An owner or operator of a new tank system or component must ensure that the foundation, structural support, seams, connections, and pressure controls (if applicable) are adequately designed and that the …

Section 725.293 Containment and Detection of Releases a) In order to prevent the release of hazardous waste or hazardous constituents to the environment, secondary containment that meets the requirements of this Section must be provided (except as provided in subsections (f) and …

Section 725.294 General Operating Requirements a) Hazardous wastes or treatment reagents must not be placed in a tank system if they could cause the tank, its ancillary equipment or the secondary containment system to rupture, leak, corrode, or otherwise fail. b) The owner or ope…

Section 725.295 Inspections a) The owner or operator must inspect the following, where present, at least once each operating day, data gathered from monitoring and leak detection equipment (e.g., pressure or temperature gauges, monitoring wells, etc.) to ensure that the tank syst…

Section 725.296 Response to Leaks or Spills and Disposition of Tank Systems A tank system or secondary containment system from which there has been a leak or spill, or which is unfit for use, must be removed from service immediately. The owner or operator must satisfy the followi…