The containment building shall comply
with the design and operating standards in this rule. Ohio EPA will consider
standards established by professional organizations generally recognized by the
industry such as the American concrete institute and the American society of
testing materials in judging the structural integrity requirements of this
rule.
(A)
The containment building shall be completely enclosed
with a floor, walls, and a roof to prevent exposure to the elements, (e.g.,
precipitation, wind, run-on), and to assure containment of managed
wastes.
(B)
The floor and containment walls of the unit, including
the secondary containment system, if required under rule 3745-267-903 of the
Administrative Code, shall be designed and constructed of man-made materials of
sufficient strength and thickness to:
(1)
Support the
floor, containment walls of the unit, the secondary containment system (if
required), the waste contents, and any personnel and heavy equipment that
operates within the unit.
(2)
Prevent failure due to:
(a)
Pressure
gradients, settlement, compression, or uplift;
(b)
Physical contact
with the hazardous wastes to which the floor, containment walls of the unit,
and the secondary containment system (if required) are exposed;
(c)
Climatic
conditions;
(d)
Stresses of daily operation, including the movement of
heavy equipment within the unit and contact of such equipment with containment
walls; and
(e)
Collapse or other failure.
(C)
All
surfaces to be in contact with hazardous wastes shall be chemically compatible
with those wastes.
(D)
Owners or operators shall not place incompatible
hazardous wastes or treatment reagents in the unit or the unit's secondary
containment system if the hazardous waste or treatment reagents could cause the
unit or secondary containment system to leak, corrode, or otherwise
fail.
(E)
A containment building shall have a primary barrier
designed to withstand the movement of personnel, waste, and handling equipment
in the unit during the operating life of the unit and appropriate for the
physical and chemical characteristics of the waste to be
managed.
(F)
If appropriate to the nature of the waste management
operation to take place in the unit, an exception to the structural strength
requirement may be made for light-weight doors and windows that meet these
criteria:
(1)
The light-weight doors and windows provide an effective
barrier against fugitive dust emissions under paragraph (D) of rule
3745-267-902 of the Administrative Code.
(2)
The unit is
designed and operated in a fashion that assures that wastes will not actually
come in contact with the door and window openings.
(G)
The owners or
operators shall inspect and record in the facility's operating record, at least
once every seven days, data gathered from monitoring equipment and leak
detection equipment, as well as the containment building and the area
immediately surrounding the containment building to detect signs of releases of
hazardous waste.
(H)
Owners or operators shall obtain certification by a
qualified registered professional engineer that the containment building design
meets the requirements of rules 3745-267-902 and 3745-267-903 of the
Administrative Code and paragraphs (A) to (F) of this rule.
[Comment: For dates of non-regulatory
government publications, publications of recognized organizations and
associations, federal rules, and federal statutory provisions referenced in
this rule, see rule
3745-50-11 of the Administrative
Code titled "Incorporated by reference."]
