401 KAR 34:020. General facility

standards.

 

      RELATES TO: KRS Subchapters 224.01,

224.10, 224.40, 224.43, 224.46, 224.70, 224.99, 40 C.F.R. 264 Subpart B

      STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 224.10-100,

224.46-520

      NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS

224.46-520 requires that persons engaging in the storage, treatment, and disposal

of hazardous waste obtain a permit. KRS 224.46-520 requires the Environmental

and Public Protection Cabinet to establish standards for these permits, to

require adequate financial responsibility, to establish minimum standards for

closure for all facilities and the postclosure monitoring and maintenance of

hazardous waste disposal facilities. This administrative regulation establishes

general standards for hazardous waste facilities. This administrative

regulation is equivalent to corresponding federal regulations, except Section 9

of this administrative regulation prohibits the construction of a facility in

the 100-year flood plain.

 

      Section 1. Applicability. The subject

matter shall be governed by 40 C.F.R. 264.10, effective July 1, 2005.

 

      Section 2. Identification Number. The

subject matter shall be governed by 40 C.F.R. 264.11, effective July 1, 2005.

 

      Section 3. Required Notices. The subject

matter shall be governed by 40 C.F.R. 264.12, effective July 1, 2005.

 

      Section 4. General Waste Analysis. The

subject matter shall be governed by 40 C.F.R. 264.13, effective July 1, 2005.

 

      Section 5. Security. The subject matter

shall be governed by 40 C.F.R. 264.14, effective July 1, 2005.

 

      Section 6. General Inspection

Requirements. The subject matter shall be governed by 40 C.F.R. 264.15,

effective July 1, 2005.

 

      Section 7. Personnel Training. The

subject matter shall be governed by 40 C.F.R. 264.16, effective July 1, 2005.

 

      Section 8. General Requirements for

Ignitable, Reactive, or Incompatible Wastes. The subject matter shall be

governed by 40 C.F.R. 264.17, effective July 1, 2005.

 

      Section 9. Location Standards. (1)

Seismic considerations. Portions of new facilities where treatment, storage, or

disposal of hazardous waste will be conducted shall not be located within

sixty-one (61) meters (approximately 200 feet) of a fault which had displacement

in Holocene time.

      (2) Flood plains.

      (a) Except as provided in paragraph (c)

of this subsection, a facility located in a 100-year flood plain shall be

designed, constructed, operated, maintained, and refitted if necessary, to prevent

washout of any hazardous waste and to protect the facility from inundation by

waters of the 100-year flood plain throughout the active life of the facility,

throughout the closure phase of the facility, and for disposal facilities only,

throughout the postclosure phase. Facilities that have closed and removed all

hazardous waste, waste constituents, contaminated soil, debris, or other

material contaminated with hazardous constituents, shall not be required to

protect the closed portion of the facility from washout of waste or inundation

by waters of the 100-year flood. Prevention of washout and protection from inundation

shall be accomplished by one (1) of the following:

      1. Using a structure or device such as a

dike or floodwall which has been designed to:

      a. Provide adequate freeboard to prevent

overtopping of the structure during a 100-year flood due to wind and wave

action;

      b. Provide sufficient structural

integrity to prevent massive failure due to the force and erosive tendencies of

the 100-year floodwaters; and

      c. Accommodate other characteristics of

the facility's location, such as special geologic or hydrological features, as

necessary to accomplish the requirements of this subsection;

      2. Providing procedures which will cause

the waste to be removed safely, before floodwaters can reach the facility, to a

location where the wastes will not be vulnerable to floodwaters; and

      3. Demonstrating that alternate devices

or measures, with the exception of covering the waste, will provide protection

which meets the requirements of this paragraph.

      (b) A person shall not be issued a permit

to construct a new hazardous waste site or facility in the floodway.

      (c) A person shall not be issued a permit

to construct a new hazardous waste disposal site or facility in the 100-year

flood plain or a seasonal high-water table.

      (d) A hazardous waste site or facility

shall not restrict the flow of the 100-year flood or reduce the temporary water

storage capacity of the 100-year flood plain so as to pose a hazard to human

life, wildlife, or land or water resources.

      (3) Salt dome formations, salt bed

formations, underground mines and caves. Noncontainerized or bulk liquid

hazardous waste shall not be placed in any salt dome formation, salt bed

formation, underground mine, or cave.

 

      Section 10. Construction Quality

Assurance Program. The subject matter shall be governed by 40 C.F.R. 264.19,

effective July 1, 2005. (Recodified from 401

KAR 2:063, Section 2, 3-1-83; Am. 10 Ky.R. 84; 541; eff. 12-2-83; 12 Ky.R. 738;

eff. 2-4-86; 14 Ky.R. 1381; 1795; eff. 3-10-88; 17 Ky.R. 9-25-90; 19 Ky.R. 117;

eff. 9-23-92; 20 Ky.R. 1142; 1893; eff. 2-10-94; 23 Ky.R. 581; eff. 3-12-97; 33

Ky.R. 2028; 3767; eff. 6-13-2007.)