johnson, susan, idnr, making hazardous/non-hazardous waste determinations, mecc, 2016, overland park
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Susan Johnson, CHMM
Environmental Specialist Sr.
Land Quality Bureau – Solid Waste
(515) 725-8317 [email protected]
Background
SWA program overview
Waste determinations
Examples
Solving the waste determination puzzle: Assistance!
Agenda
Background for Iowa
• Not RCRA Authorized State
• Iowa and Alaska
• EPA region 7 administers
• Iowa has 42 landfills (subtitle D)
IAC Chapter 101
Special Waste Authorizations (SWA’s) 567 IAC 109
Provides safe, proper, disposal management: – Threat to human health
– Threat to environment
– Difficult to manage
– Analytical review
Why the Concern?
Landfill fire Worker safety: Can toxic wastes sneak in?
Transfer Station Fire
Paint booth waste
Building demolition
Fire debris
Traces of explosives
Lead contaminated
soil - Chelated
Sandblast waste
Sodium and Potassium nitrate 37 Ruger 38 cal. Automatics 22 long barrels 45 cal. automatics
Natural Disasters - Tornado
Spontaneous combustion
Firing range
EVERYONE who generates a solid waste must make a hazardous waste determination in order to know how their waste might be regulated, unless it is explicitly excluded from RCRA regulation, as indicated in the determination process at 40 CFR 262.11.
Before a waste can be accepted at a landfill site, the landfill operator must be satisfied that the waste meets permit conditions.
Using one waste determination for several “sister” or “parent” companies
Unit of measure
totals
TCLP
40 CFR 261.24
RCRA Metal Regulatory TCLP mg/L
Must be below 20x level mg/Kg
Arsenic 5.0 100
Barium 100.0 2000
Cadmium 1.0 20
Chromium 5.0 100
Lead 5.0 100
Mercury 0.2 4
Selenium 1.0 20
Silver 5.0 100
Rule of 20 (Must be 100% solid)
100
2000
20
100
100
4
20x
SDSs are not required to list any carcinogenic
components under .1% and non-carcinogenic
components under 1%.
Do the math:
.1% = 1,000 ppm
1% = 10,000 ppm
Just because it is not RCRA hazardous, does not mean it is not an
OSHA hazardous substance. Protect yourself, employees and
neighbors!
567 IAC 109.5(2)c 567 IAC 113.8(1)“b”
Wastes with PCB concentrations
equal to or greater than 50 ppm
shall not be authorized for disposal
at a landfill.
TSCA – PCBs
Scope of Review 567-100 - Definitions, Scope of Title 567-102 - Permits 567-103 - Sanitary Landfills: Coal Combustion Residue 567-104 - Sanitary Disposal Projects w/Processing 567-105 - Organic Materials Composting Facilities 567-106 - Citizen Convenience Centers and Transfer Stations 567-108 - Beneficial Use Determinations 567-109 - Special Waste Authorizations 567-110 - Hydrogeologic Investigation and Monitoring 567-112 - Sanitary Landfills: Biosolids Monofills 567-113 - Sanitary Landfills: Municipal Solid Waste 567-114 - Sanitary Landfills: Construction and Demolition Wastes 567-115 - Sanitary Landfills: Industrial Monofills 567-116 - Registration of Waste Tire Haulers 567-117 - Waste Tire Management 567-118 - Discarded Appliance Demanufacturing 567-120 - Landfarming of Petroleum Contaminated Soil 567-121 - Land Application of Wastes 567-122 - Cathode Ray Tube Device Recycling 567-218 - Waste Tire Stockpile Abatement Program
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• Contact us at [email protected]
• All documents, meeting notes and more information is at www.iowadnr.gov/SWRR
Resources to Assist Iowa Waste Generators • Iowa Waste Exchange - IWE
• Iowa Waste Reduction Center - IWRC
• Pollution Prevention Program – DNR
• Special Waste Program - DNR
• Iowa DNR field offices
• EPA Region 7
• Regional Collection Centers for Household Hazardous Waste
• Solid Waste Alternative Program (SWAP) – DNR
• DNR Education Trailer -
iowadnr.gov
Susan Johnson, CHMM
Environmental Specialist Sr.
Land Quality Bureau
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
515/725-8317