Chapter Chapter 43. Interim Status

A. The purpose of interim status is to allow existing facilities to operate in an appropriate and responsible manner during the period of time required to process and review permit application or until certification of final closure or, if the facility is subject to post-closure …

A. During the interim status period the facility shall not: 1. treat, store, or dispose of hazardous waste not specified in Part I of the permit application; 2. employ processes not specified in Part I of the permit application; or 3. exceed the design capacities specified in Par…

A. Except as provided in LAC 33:V.4303.B, the owner or operator of an interim status facility may make the following changes at the facility: 1. treatment, storage, or disposal of new hazardous wastes not previously identified in Part I of the permit application (and, in the case…

A. Interim status terminates when: 1. for owners or operators of each land disposal facility which achieved interim status prior to November 8, 1984, on November 8, 1985, unless: a. the owner or operator submits a Part II application for a permit for such facility prior to that d…

A. Notwithstanding any other provisions of these regulations, enforcement actions may be brought pursuant to R.S. 30:2050.8.

A. The regulations of LAC 33:V.Chapter 43 apply to owners and operators of all hazardous waste facilities except as LAC 33:V.4301 provides otherwise.

A. Every facility owner or operator must apply to EPA for an EPA identification number in accordance with the EPA notification procedures.

A. Interim status facilities must comply with LAC 33:V.1531.

A. Before an owner or operator treats, stores, or disposes of any hazardous wastes or nonhazardous wastes, if applicable, under LAC 33:V.4383.D, he must obtain a detailed chemical and physical analysis of a representative sample of the wastes. At a minimum, the analysis must cont…

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 his facility, unless: 1. physical contact with the waste, structures, or equipment with the active portion of the…

A. The owner or operator must inspect his facility for malfunctions and deterioration, operator errors, and discharges which may be causing or may lead to release of hazardous waste constituents to the environment or a threat to human health. The owner or operator must conduct th…

A. Interim status facilities must comply with LAC 33:V.1515.

A. CQA Program 1. A construction quality assurance (CQA) program is required for all surface impoundment, waste pile, and landfill units that are required to comply with LAC 33:V.4462.A, 4476, and 4512.A. The program must ensure that the constructed unit meets or exceeds all desi…

A. Interim status facilities must comply with LAC 33:V.1517.A, C, D, E, and F. B. The treatment, storage, or disposal of ignitable or reactive waste, and the mixture or commingling of incompatible wastes, or incompatible wastes and materials, must be conducted so that it does not…

A. The placement of any hazardous waste in a salt dome, salt bed formation, underground mine, or cave is prohibited.

A. Interim status facilities must comply with LAC 33:V.1511.

A. Facilities must be maintained and operated to minimize the possibility of a fire, explosion, or any unplanned sudden or nonsudden release of hazardous waste or hazardous waste constituents to air, soil, or surface water which could threaten human health or the environment.

A. Interim status facilities must comply with LAC 33:V.1511.C.

A. Interim status facilities must comply with LAC 33:V.1511.D.

A. Interim status facilities must comply with LAC 33:V.1511.E.

A. Interim status facilities must comply with LAC 33:V.1511.F.

A. Interim status facilities must comply with LAC 33:V.1511.G.

A. The regulations of this Subchapter apply to owners and operators of all hazardous waste facilities except as provided in LAC 33:V.4307.

A. Interim status facilities must comply with LAC 33:V.1513.A.1 and 3.

A. Interim status facilities must comply with LAC 33:V.1513.B.

A. Interim status facilities must comply with LAC 33:V.1513.C.2.

A. The contingency plan must be reviewed, and immediately amended, if necessary, whenever: 1. applicable regulations are revised; 2. the plan fails in an emergency; 3. the facility changes―in its design, construction, operation, maintenance, or other circumstances―in a way that m…

A. Interim status facilities must comply with LAC 33:V.1513.E.

A. Interim status facilities must comply with LAC 33:V.1513.F.

A. The regulations in this Subchapter apply to owners and operators of both on-site and off-site facilities, except as LAC 33:V.4307 provides otherwise. LAC 33:V.4353, 4355, and 4363 do not apply to owners and operators of on-site facilities that do not receive any hazardous wast…

A. Interim status facilities must comply with LAC 33:V.1516.

A. Interim status facilities must comply with LAC 33:V.1516.

A. Interim status facilities must comply with LAC 33:V.1516.

A. The owner or operator must keep a written operating record at his facility. B. Records of each hazardous waste received, treated, stored, or disposed of at the facility must be recorded, as they become available, and maintained in the operating record for three years, unless o…

A. Interim status facilities must comply with LAC 33:V.1529.C.

A. Interim status facilities must comply with LAC 33:V.1529.D.

A. Interim status facilities must comply with LAC 33:V.1516.D.

A. In addition to submitting the biennial report and unmanifested waste reports described in LAC 33:V.4361 and 4363, the owner or operator must also report to the administrative authority: 1. releases, fires, and explosions as specified in LAC 33:V.1513.F.9; 2. groundwater contam…

Facilities that have interim status must comply with this Subchapter in lieu of LAC 33:V.Chapter 33. A. The owner or operator of a surface impoundment, landfill, or land treatment facility, which is used to manage hazardous waste, must implement a groundwater monitoring program c…

A. A groundwater monitoring system must be capable of yielding groundwater samples for analysis and must consist of: 1. monitoring wells (at least one) installed hydraulically upgradient (i.e., in the direction of increasing static head) from the limit of the waste management are…

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. He must keep this plan at the facility. The plan must be approved by the administrati…

A. The owner or operator must have an outline of a groundwater quality assessment program. The outline must describe a more comprehensive groundwater monitoring program (than that described in LAC 33:V.4369 and 4371) capable of determining: 1. whether hazardous waste or hazardous…

A. Unless the groundwater is monitored to satisfy the requirements of LAC 33:V.4373.H, the owner or operator must: 1. keep records throughout the active life of the facility of the analyses required in LAC 33:V.4371.C and E, the associated groundwater surface elevations required …

Except as LAC 33:V.4307 provides otherwise: A. LAC 33:V.4379-4387 (which concerns closure) apply to the owners and operators of all hazardous waste management facilities; and B. LAC 33:V.4389-4395 (which concerns post-closure care) apply to the owners and operators of: 1. all haz…

A. The owner or operator must close his facility in a manner that: 1. minimizes the need for further maintenance; and 2. controls, minimizes or eliminates, to the extent necessary to protect human health and the environment, post-closure escape of hazardous waste, hazardous const…

A. Written Plan. By the effective dates of these regulations, the owner or operator of a hazardous waste management facility must have a written closure plan. Until final closure is completed and certified in accordance with LAC 33:V.4387, a copy of the most current plan must be …

A. Within 90 days after receiving the final volume of hazardous wastes or the final volume of nonhazardous wastes, if the owner or operator complies with all applicable requirements in LAC 33:V.4383.D and E, at a hazardous waste management unit or facility, or within 90 days afte…

A. During the partial and final closure periods, all contaminated equipment, structures, and soil must be properly disposed of, or decontaminated unless specified otherwise in LAC 33:V.4442, 4457, 4475, 4489, 4501, 4601, or 4705. By removing all hazardous wastes or hazardous cons…

A. Within 60 days of completion of closure of each hazardous waste surface impoundment, waste pile, land treatment, and landfill unit, and within 60 days of completion of final closure, the owner or operator must submit to the Office of Environmental Services, by registered mail,…

A. Post-closure care for each hazardous waste management unit subject to the requirements of LAC 33:V.4389-4395 must begin after completion of closure of the unit and continue for 30 years after that date. It must consist of at least the following: 1. monitoring and reporting in …