(2) In addition, as
used in this part:
(a) "Authorization" means
any permit, certification, consent, designation, approval, variance,
registration, license, agreement, order (including consent order), enforceable
document, or other determination required by law from the Department prior to
some proposed action or to obtain some relief.
(b) "Clean closure determination" means a
determination by the Department that all wastes and waste residues; all
contaminated system components, structures and equipment; and all soil,
sediment, groundwater, and surface water at a contaminated site have been
removed or decontaminated to the extent necessary to protect human health and
the environment. Applicants for a clean closure determination without controls
must demonstrate that they meet cleanup target levels for risk management
option level I pursuant to subsection
62-780.680(1),
F.A.C. The term "no further action" refers only to sites that receive a clean
closure determination without controls. Applicants for a clean closure
determination with controls must demonstrate that they meet the cleanup target
levels for risk management option level II or III pursuant to subsections
62-780.680(2) and
(3), F.A.C. The term "no further action with
controls" refers to sites that receive a clean closure determination with
controls. "Sites" as used in this paragraph means solid waste management units
(SWMUs), regulated hazardous waste management units, and areas of concern
(AOCs).
(c) "Clean closure plan"
means an enforceable document designed to achieve a clean closure determination
with or without controls.
(d)
"Closure" means the cessation of operation of a hazardous waste facility or
unit, and the act of securing such a facility or unit pursuant to the
requirements of Rule
62-730.180, F.A.C., so that it
will pose no significant threat to human health or the environment.
(e) Contaminated site" means any contiguous
land, sediment, surface water, or groundwater area that contains contaminants
that may be harmful to human health or the environment. The term includes
releases of contaminants from SWMUs, regulated hazardous waste management
units, and AOCs.
(f) "Corrective
action permit" means a hazardous waste facility permit that authorizes remedial
activities for solid waste management unit(s) as described in
40 C.F.R.
264.101 or that authorizes remedial
activities for SWMUs, regulated unit(s) or AOCs pursuant to
40 C.F.R.
264.110(c) or
40 C.F.R.
265.110(c). At operating
hazardous waste management facilities, conditions for remedial activities will
be incorporated into the operation permit. At facilities that have or once had
a permit to operate or close a hazardous waste disposal unit, a corrective
action-only permit is not available if the unit is closed with controls, unless
the Department has accepted a certification of completion of postclosure for
all such hazardous waste disposal units at the facility.
(g) "Enforceable document" means a written
action by the Department which is subject to the provisions of Section
120.69, F.S.
(h) "Notice of deficiency" (NOD) means a
certified letter from the Department to an applicant for any permit or other
authorization indicating those items which were not completed or were
inadequate in the original application or in subsequent submittals and
requesting the submission of the required information.
(i) The phrase "owner or operator" includes a
permittee or a respondent subject to a Department order.
(j) "Part I" means the section of the permit
application submitted on the DEP form adopted in paragraph
62-730.220(2)(a),
F.A.C.
(k) "Part II" means all
other sections of the permit application submitted to demonstrate compliance
with 40 C.F.R. Part
264 .
(l)
"Permit" means a type of legal authorization granted by the Department to
engage in or conduct any construction, operation, or remedial activities at a
hazardous waste facility for a specified period of time.
(m) "Postclosure permit" means a hazardous
waste facility permit issued pursuant to the provisions of
40 C.F.R.
270.1(c) and
40 C.F.R.
270.28.
(n) "Remedial activities" means all
activities required or undertaken to identify contamination and to reduce the
concentration of contaminants to meet cleanup target levels. The term includes
"closure" as outlined in 40
C.F.R.
264.111 through
264.115 [as adopted in subsection
62-730.180(1),
F.A.C.] and 40 C.F.R.
265.111 through
265.115 [as adopted in subsection
62-730.180(2),
F.A.C.] with respect to closing hazardous waste treatment, storage and disposal
units; "postclosure care" as outlined in
40 C.F.R.
264.117 through
264.120 [as adopted in subsection
62-730.180(1),
F.A.C.] and 40 C.F.R.
265.117 through
265.120 [as adopted in subsection
62-730.180(2),
F.A.C.] with respect to closed hazardous waste treatment, storage and disposal
units; and "corrective action" as required by 40 C.F.R. Part
264 [as adopted in
subsection
62-730.180(1),
F.A.C.] for releases from any solid waste management unit at a hazardous waste
facility. The term "remedial activities" with respect to a solid or hazardous
waste management unit corresponds to "site rehabilitation" as used in Chapter
62-780, F.A.C., and defined at subsection
62-780.200(44),
F.A.C.
(o) "Subpart H remedial
action plan" or "Subpart H RAP" means a special form of hazardous waste
authorization as promulgated in 40 C.F.R. Part
270 Subpart H [as adopted in
subsection
62-730.220(1),
F.A.C.] to approve the treatment, storage or disposal of hazardous remediation
waste as defined in 40
C.F.R.
260.10 [as adopted by reference in
subsection
62-730.020 (1),
F.A.C.].
(p) "Temporary operation
permit" (TOP) means the legal authorization, limited to a maximum of 3 years,
granted by the Department to operate a hazardous waste facility in accordance
with Section 403.722,
F.S.