DAR File No. 40117
This rule was published in the February 1, 2016, issue (Vol. 2016, No. 3) of the Utah State Bulletin.
Environmental Quality, Waste Management and Radiation Control, Waste Management
Rule R315-1
Utah Hazardous Waste Definitions and References
Notice of Proposed Rule
(Repeal)
DAR File No.: 40117
Filed: 01/14/2016 02:53:46 PM
RULE ANALYSIS
Purpose of the rule or reason for the change:
The Division is renumbering and changing the format of the hazardous waste rules. The change is to help the reader of the rules by providing all of the rules in one place. The new rules will follow the numbering system used by the US EPA, thus, the current hazardous waste rules must be repealed when the new rules become effective.
Summary of the rule or change:
Rule R315-1 will be repealed in its entirety and replaced by Sections R315-260-10 and R315-260-11, Subsection R315-261-1(c), and Sections R315-270-2 and R315-270-6. (DAR NOTE: The proposed new Rule R315-260 is under DAR No. 40107, the proposed new Rule R315-261 is under DAR No. 40108, and the proposed new Rule R315-270 is under DAR No. 40114 in this issue, February 1, 2016, of the Bulletin.)
State statutory or constitutional authorization for this rule:
- Section 19-6-105
- Section 19-6-106
Anticipated cost or savings to:
the state budget:
There will be no cost to the state as the rule is not changed but just renumbered or the changes will be absorbed in the current program.
local governments:
There will be no cost to repeal the rule. All costs for the rules that will replace the repealed rule are covered in the rule analysis forms for Rules R315-260 and R315-270.
small businesses:
There will be no cost to repeal the rule. All costs for the rules that will replace the repealed rule are covered in the rule analysis forms for Rules R315-260 and R315-270.
persons other than small businesses, businesses, or local governmental entities:
There will be no cost to repeal the rule. All costs for the rules that will replace the repealed rule are covered in the rule analysis forms for Rules R315-260 and R315-270.
Compliance costs for affected persons:
There will be no cost to repeal the rule. All costs for the rules that will replace the repealed rule are covered in the rule analysis forms for Rules R315-260 and R315-270.
Comments by the department head on the fiscal impact the rule may have on businesses:
There will be no cost to repeal the rule. All costs for the rules that will replace the repealed rule are covered in the rule analysis forms for Rules R315-260 and R315-270.
Alan Matheson, Executive Director
The full text of this rule may be inspected, during regular business hours, at the Division of Administrative Rules, or at:
Environmental QualityWaste Management and Radiation Control, Waste ManagementRoom Second Floor
195 N 1950 W
SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84116-3097
Direct questions regarding this rule to:
- Ralph Bohn at the above address, by phone at 801-536-0212, by FAX at 801-536-0222, or by Internet E-mail at rbohn@utah.gov
Interested persons may present their views on this rule by submitting written comments to the address above no later than 5:00 p.m. on:
03/02/2016
This rule may become effective on:
03/09/2016
Authorized by:
Scott Anderson, Director
RULE TEXT
R315. Environmental Quality, Waste Management and Radiation Control, Waste Management.
[R315-1. Utah Hazardous Waste Definitions and References.
R315-1-1. Definitions.
(a) Terms used in R315-1 through R315-101 are defined in
Sections 19-1-103 and 19-6-102.
(b) For R315-1 through R315-101, the terms defined in 40
CFR 260.10, 264.18(a)(2), and 279.1, 2010 ed., are adopted and
incorporated by reference with the following revisions:
(1) Substitute "Director of the Division of Waste
Management and Radiation Control" for "Regional
Administrator" or "Administrator," except in the
following cases:
(i) In the actual definitions of
"Administrator" and "Regional Administrator;"
and
(ii) In the definitions of "hazardous waste
constituent" and "industrial furnace,"
"Board" shall be substituted.
(2) Insert in the definition of "existing tank
system" or "existing component" the following
additional phrase after "July 14, 1986," "or
December 16, 1988 for purposes of implementing the non-HSWA
requirements of the tank regulations as promulgated by EPA on
July 14, 1986, 51 FR 25470, as they have been incorporated into
the corresponding rules of R315. A non-HSWA existing tank system
or non-HSWA tank component is one which does not implement any of
the requirements of the federal Hazardous and Solid Waste
Amendments of 1984 (HSWA) as identified in Table 1 of 40 CFR
271.1."
(3) Insert in the definition of "new tank
system" or "new tank component" the following
additional phrase after "July 14, 1986," "or
December 16, 1988 for purposes of implementing the non-HSWA
requirements of the tank regulations as promulgated by EPA on
July 14, 1986, 51 FR 25470, as they have been incorporated into
the corresponding rules of R315; except, however, for purposes of
40 CFR 265.193(g)(2) and 40 CFR 264.193(g)(2), a new tank system
is one which construction commences after July 14, 1986. A
non-HSWA new tank system or non-HSWA new tank component is one
which does not implement any of the requirements of the federal
Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 (HSWA) as identified
in Table 1 of 40 CFR 271.1."
(c) The terms defined in 40 CFR 261.1(c), 2010 ed., are
adopted and incorporated by reference.
(d) For purposes of R315-3 regarding application and
permit procedures for hazardous waste facilities, the terms
defined in 40 CFR 270.2, 1999 ed., are adopted and incorporated
by reference with the following revisions:
(1) "Permit" means the plan approval as
required by subsection 19-6-108(3)(a), or equivalent control
document issued by the Director to implement the requirements of
the Utah Solid and Hazardous Waste Act;
(2) "Director" or "State Director"
means the Director of the Division of Waste Management and
Radiation Control, and
(3) Replace existing definition of "corrective
action management unit" with the definition as found in 40
CFR 260.10, 2000 ed.
(e) The definitions of "Polychlorinated biphenyl,
PCB," and "Polychlorinated item" as found in
761.3, 40 CFR, 1990 ed., are adopted and incorporated by
reference.
(f) In addition, the following terms are defined as
follows:
(1) "Approved hazardous waste management
facility" or "approved facility" means a hazardous
waste treatment, storage, or disposal facility which has received
an EPA permit in accordance with federal requirements, has been
approved under 19-6-108 and R315-3, or has been permitted or
approved under any other EPA authorized hazardous waste state
program.
(2) "Director" means the Director of the
Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control.
(3) "Division" means the Division of Waste
Management and Radiation Control.
(4) "Hazard class" means:
(i) The DOT hazard class identified in 49 CFR 172;
and
(ii) If the DOT hazard class is "OTHER REGULATED
MATERIAL," ORM, the EPA hazardous waste characteristic
exhibited by the waste and identified in R315-2-9.
(5) "Monitoring" means all procedures used to
systematically inspect and collect data on operational parameters
of the facility or on the quality of the air, ground water,
surface water, or soils.
(6) "No free liquids" as used in
R315-2-4(a)(23) and R315-2-4(b)(16), means that
solvent-contaminated wipes may not contain free liquids as
determined by Method 9095B (Paint Filter Liquids Test), included
in "Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste,
Physical/Chemical Methods," EPA Publication SW-846, as
incorporated by reference in 40 CFR 260.11, see R315-1-2, and
that there is no free liquid in the container holding the
wipes.
(7) "POHC's" means principle organic
hazardous constituents.
(8) "Permittee" means any person who has
received an approval of a hazardous waste operation plan under
19-6-108 and R315-3 or a Federal RCRA permit for a treatment,
storage, or disposal facility.
(9) "Precipitation run-off" means water
generated from naturally occurring storm events. If the
precipitation run-off has been in contact with a waste defined in
R315-2-9, it qualifies as "precipitation run-off" if
the water does not exhibit any of the characteristics identified
in R315-2-9. If the precipitation run-off has been in contact
with a waste listed in R315-2-10 or R315-2-11, then it qualifies
as "precipitation run-off" when the water has been
excluded under R315-2-16. Water containing any leachate does not
qualify as "precipitation run-off".
(10) "Solvent-contaminated wipe"
means:
(1) A wipe that, after use or after cleaning up a spill,
either:
(i) Contains one or more of the F001 through F005
solvents found in R315-2-10(e), which incorporates by reference
40 CFR 261.31 or the corresponding P- or U- listed solvents found
in R315-2-11, which incorporates by reference 40 CFR
261.33;
(ii) Exhibits a hazardous characteristic found in
R315-2-9(a) when that characteristic results from a solvent found
in R315-2-10, which incorporates by reference 40 CFR part 261;
and/or
(iii) Exhibits only the hazardous waste characteristic of
ignitability found in R315-2-9(d) due to the presence of one or
more solvents that are not listed in R315-2-10 which incorporates
by reference 40 CFR part 261.
(2) Solvent-contaminated wipes that contain listed
hazardous waste other than solvents, or exhibit the
characteristic of toxicity, corrosivity, or reactivity due to
contaminants other than solvents, are not eligible for the
exclusions at R315-2-4(a)(23) and R315-2-4(b)(16).
(11) "Spill" means the accidental discharging,
spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, or
dumping of hazardous wastes or materials which, when spilled,
become hazardous wastes, into or on any land or water.
(12) "Waste management area" means the limit
projected in the horizontal plane of the area on which waste will
be placed during the active life of a regulated unit. The waste
management area includes horizontal space taken up by any liner,
dike, or other barrier designed to contain waste in a regulated
unit. If the facility contains more than one regulated unit, the
waste management area is described by an imaginary line
circumscribing the several regulated units.
(13) "Wipe" means a woven or non-woven shop
towel, rag, pad, or swab made of wood pulp, fabric, cotton,
polyester blends, or other material.
(g) Terms used in R315-15 are defined in sections
19-6-703 and 19-6-706(2)(b)(ii).
(h) For purposes of R315-101 regarding cleanup action and
risk-based closure standards, the following terms are defined as
follows:
(1) "The concentration term, C" is calculated
as the 95% upper confidence limit, UCL, on the arithmetic average
for normally distributed data, or as the 95% upper confidence
limit on the arithmetic average for lognormally distributed data.
For normally distributed data, C = Mean + t x Standard
Deviation/n
1/2
, where n is the number of observations, and t is
Student's t distribution (at the 95% one-sided confidence
level and n-1 degrees of freedom), tables of which are printed in
most introductory statistics textbooks. For lognormally
distributed data, C = exp (Mean of lognormal-transformed data +
0.5 x Variance of lognormal-transformed data + Standard Deviation
of lognormal-transformed data x H/(n - 1)
1/2
), where n is the number of observations, and H is
Land's H statistic (at the 95% one-sided confidence level),
tables of which are printed in advanced statistics books. For
data which are not normally nor lognormally distributed,
appropriate statistics, such as nonparametric confidence limits,
shall be applied.
(2) "Area of contamination" means a hazardous
waste management unit or an area where a release has occurred.
The boundary is defined as the furthest extent where
contamination from a defined source has migrated in any medium at
the time the release is first identified.
(3) "Contaminate" means to render a medium
polluted through the introduction of hazardous waste or hazardous
constituents as identified in R315-50-10, which incorporates by
reference 40 CFR 261, Appendix VIII.
(4) "Hazard index" means the sum of more than
one hazard quotient for multiple substances, multiple exposure
pathways, or both. The Hazard Index is calculated separately for
chronic, subchronic, and shorter duration exposures.
(5) "Hazard quotient" means the ratio of a
single substance exposure level over a specified time period,
e.g. subchronic, to a reference dose for that substance derived
from a similar exposure period.
(6) "Risk-based closure" means closure of a
site where hazardous waste was managed or any medium has been
contaminated by a release of hazardous waste or hazardous
constituents, and where hazardous waste or hazardous constituents
remain at the site in any medium at concentrations determined,
under this rule, to cause minimal levels of risk to human health
and the environment so as to require no further action or
monitoring on the part of the responsible party nor any notice of
hazardous waste management on the deed to the property.
(7) "Reasonable maximum exposure (RME)" means
the highest exposure that is reasonably expected to occur at a
site. The goal of RME is to combine upper-bound and mid-range
exposure factors so that the result represents an exposure
scenario that is both protective and reasonable; not the worst
possible case.
(8) "Release" means spill or discharge of
hazardous waste, hazardous constituents, or material that becomes
hazardous waste when released to the environment.
(9) "Responsible party" means the owner or
operator of a facility, or any other person responsible for the
release of hazardous waste or hazardous constituents.
(10) "Site" means the area of contamination and
any other area that could be impacted by the released
contaminants, or could influence the migration of those
contaminants, regardless of whether the site is owned by the
responsible party.
R315-1-2. References.
(a) For purposes of R315-1 through R315-101, the
publication references of 40 CFR 260.11, 2006 ed., are adopted
and incorporated by reference.
(b) R315-1 through R315-101 incorporate by reference a
number of provisions from 40 CFR. The incorporated provisions
sometimes include cross-references to other sections of 40 CFR.
Wherever there are sections in R315-1 through R315-101 that
correspond to those cross-references, the cross-references of 40
CFR are not incorporated into R315-1 through R315-101. Instead,
the corresponding sections in R315-1 through R315-101 shall
apply.
Note: The following materials are available for purchase
from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), 5285 Port
Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161, (703) 605-6000 or (800)
553-6847; or for purchase from the Superintendent of Documents,
U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402, (202)
512-1800.
"APTI Course 415: Control of Gaseous
Emissions,'' EPA Publication EPA-450/2-81-005, December
1981.
KEY: hazardous waste
Date of Enactment or Last Substantive Amendment: August 15,
2014
Notice of Continuation: July 13, 2011
Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 19-6-105;
19-6-106]
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For questions regarding the content or application of this rule, please contact Ralph Bohn at the above address, by phone at 801-536-0212, by FAX at 801-536-0222, or by Internet E-mail at rbohn@utah.gov. For questions about the rulemaking process, please contact the Division of Administrative Rules.