a) The
owner or
operator of a
facility that is arranging to receive hazardous waste
subject to Subpart H of 35 Ill. Adm. Code
722 from a foreign source must submit
the following required notices:
1) As required
by 35 Ill. Adm. Code
722.184(b), for
imports where the competent authority of the country of export does not require
the foreign exporter to submit to it a notification proposing export and obtain
consent from USEPA and the competent authorities for the countries of transit,
the owner or
operator of the
facility, if acting as the importer, must provide
notification of the proposed transboundary movement in English to USEPA using
the methods listed in 35 Ill. Adm. Code
722.182(e) at
least 60 days before the first shipment is expected to depart the country of
export. The notification may cover up to one year of shipments of wastes having
similar physical and chemical characteristics; the same United Nations/USDOT
identification number from the Hazardous Materials Table in
49 CFR
172.101, incorporated by reference in 35 Ill.
Adm. Code
720.111; the same USEPA
hazardous waste numbers (from Subpart C or D of 35 Ill. Adm. Code
721); the
waste codes from the lists in the OECD Guidance Manual, incorporated by
reference in 35 Ill. Adm. Code
720.111; and being sent from the same foreign
exporter.
2) As required by 35 Ill.
Adm. Code
722.184(d)(2)(O),
a copy of the movement document with all the required signatures within three
working days after receiving the shipment to the foreign exporter; to the
competent authorities of the countries of export and transit that control the
shipment as an export and transit shipment of hazardous waste, respectively;
and, on or after the electronic import-export reporting compliance date, to
USEPA electronically using USEPA's Waste Import Export Tracking System (WIETS).
The original of the signed movement document must be maintained at the
facility
for at least three years. The owner or
operator of a
facility may meet this
recordkeeping requirement by retaining electronically submitted documents in
the
facility's account on USEPA's WIETS, if copies are readily available for
viewing and production upon request by any USEPA or Agency inspector. An owner
or
operator of a
facility may not be held liable for the inability to produce
the documents for inspection under this section if the owner or
operator of a
facility can demonstrate that the inability to produce the document is due
exclusively to technical difficulty with USEPA's WIETS and the owner or
operator of a
facility has no responsibility.
3) As required by 35 Ill. Adm. Code
722.184(f)(4),
if the
facility has physical control of the waste and it must be sent to an
alternate
facility or returned to the country of export, the owner or
operator
of the
facility must inform USEPA, using the methods listed in 35 Ill. Adm.
Code
722.184(b)(1)
of the need to return or arrange alternate management of the
shipment.
4) As required by 35 Ill.
Adm. Code
722.184(g), the
facility owner or
operator must do the following:
A) The owner or operator must send copies of
the signed and dated confirmation of recovery or disposal, as soon as possible,
within 30 days after completing recovery or disposal on the waste in the
shipment and within one calendar year after receiving the waste, to the foreign
exporter, to the competent authority of the country of export that controls the
shipment as an export of hazardous waste. For shipments recycled or disposed of
on or after the electronic import-export reporting compliance date, to USEPA
electronically using USEPA's WIETS.
B) If the
facility performed any of recovery
operations R12, R13, or RC3 or disposal operations D13 through D15, the owner
or
operator must promptly send copies of the confirmation of recovery or
disposal that it receives from the final recovery or disposal
facility within
one year of shipment delivery to the final recovery or disposal
facility that
performed one of recovery operations R1 through R11 or RC1 to RC2, or one of
disposal operations D1 through D12 or DC1 to DC2, to the competent authority of
the country of export that controls the shipment as an export of hazardous
waste. On or after the electronic import-export reporting compliance date, the
owner or
operator must make this submission to USEPA electronically using
USEPA's WIETS, or its successor system. The recovery and disposal operations in
this subsection (a)(4)(B) are defined in 35 Ill. Adm. Code
722.181.
c) Before transferring ownership or operation
of a
facility during its operating life, or of a disposal
facility during the
post-closure care period, the owner or
operator must notify the new owner or
operator in writing of the requirements of this Part and 35 Ill. Adm. Code
702
and
703.