Ohio Admin. Code 3745-54-15 - General inspection requirements
(A) The owner or operator shall inspect the
facility for malfunctions and deterioration, operator errors, and discharges
which may be causing or may lead to either of the
following:
(1) Release of hazardous
waste constituents to the environment.
; or
(2) A
threat to human health. The owner or operator shall conduct these inspections
with such regularity as to be able to identify problems in time to correct the
problems before such problems harm human health or the environment.
(B)
Inspection schedule.
(1) The owner or operator shall develop and
follow a written schedule for inspecting monitoring equipment, safety and
emergency equipment, security devices, and operating and structural equipment
(such as dikes and sump pumps) that are important to preventing, detecting, or
responding to environmental or human health hazards.
(2) The owner or operator shall keep this
schedule at the facility.
(3) The
schedule shall identify the types of problems (e.g., malfunctions or
deterioration) which are to be looked for during the inspection (e.g.,
inoperative sump pump, leaking fitting, eroding dike, and other such
problems).
(4) The frequency of
inspection may vary for the items on the schedule. However, the frequency of
inspection should be based on the rate of deterioration of the equipment and
the probability of an environmental or human health incident if the
deterioration, malfunction, or any operator
error goes undetected between inspections. Areas subject to spills, such as
loading and unloading areas, shall be inspected daily when in use. At a
minimum, the inspection schedule shall include the terms
items and
frequencies called for in rules
3745-55-74,
3745-55-93,
3745-55-95,
3745-56-26,
3745-56-54,
3745-56-78,
3745-57-05,
3745-57-47,
and 3745-57-92,
3745-205-33, 3745-205-52, 3745-205-53, 3745-205-58, and 3745-205-83 to
3745-205-89 of the Administrative Code, where applicable. Rules
3745-50-40 to
3745-50-235 of the
Administrative Code require the inspection schedule to be submitted with "Part
B" of the permit application. Ohio EPA shall
will evaluate
the schedule along with the rest of the application to ensure that the
inspection schedule is adequately protective of human health and the
environment. As part of this review, Ohio EPA may modify or amend the
inspection schedule as may be
necessary.
(5)
[Reserved.]
(C) The
owner or operator shall remedy any deterioration or malfunction of equipment or
structures which the inspection reveals on a schedule which ensures that the
problem does not lead to an environmental or human health hazard. Where a
hazard is imminent or has already occurred, remedial action shall be taken
immediately.
(D) The owner or
operator shall record inspections in an inspection log or summary. The owner or
operator shall keep these records for at least three years after the date of
inspection. At a minimum, these records shall include the date and time of the
inspection, the name of the inspector, a notation of the observations made, and
the date and nature of any repairs or other remedial actions.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3734.12
Rule Amplifies: 3734.12
Prior Effective Dates: 04/15/1981, 01/07/1983, 05/29/1985 (Emer.), 08/29/1985, 12/08/1988, 12/30/1989, 06/29/1990, 12/07/2004, 09/05/2010, 10/31/2015, 10/05/2020
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