Utah Admin. Code R315-268-50 - Land Disposal Restrictions - Prohibitions on Storage of Restricted Wastes

(a) Except as provided in Section R315-268-50, the storage of hazardous wastes restricted from land disposal under Sections R315-268-20 through R315-268-39 is prohibited, unless the following conditions are met:

(1) A generator stores such wastes in tanks, containers, or containment buildings on-site solely for the purpose of the accumulation of such quantities of hazardous waste as necessary to facilitate proper recovery, treatment, or disposal and the generator complies with the requirements in Sections R315-262-16 and R315-262-17, and Rules R315-264 and R315-265.

(2) An owner or operator of a hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facility stores such wastes in tanks, containers, or containment buildings solely for the purpose of the accumulation of such quantities of hazardous waste as necessary to facilitate proper recovery, treatment, or disposal and:

(i) Each container is clearly marked to identify its contents and with:

(A) The words "Hazardous Waste";

(B) The applicable EPA hazardous waste numbers , E P A hazardous waste codes, in Sections R315-261-20 through R315-261-24 and R315-261-30 through R315-261-35; or use a nationally recognized electronic system, such as bar coding, to identify the EPA hazardous waste numbers;

(C) An indication of the hazards of the contents, examples include:

(I) the applicable hazardous waste characteristics, ignitable, corrosive, reactive, toxic;

(II) hazard communication consistent with the Department of Transportation requirements at 49 CFR part 172 subpart E, labeling, or subpart F, placarding;

(III) a hazard statement or pictogram consistent with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Hazard Communication Standard at 29 CFR 1910.1200; or

(IV) a chemical hazard label consistent with the National Fire Protection Association code 704; and

(D) The date each period of accumulation begins;

(ii) Each tank is clearly marked with a description of its contents, the quantity of each hazardous waste received, and the date each period of accumulation begins, or such information for each tank is recorded and maintained in the operating record at that facility. Regardless of whether the tank itself is marked, an owner or operator shall comply with the operating record requirements specified in Section R315-264-73 or R315-265-73.

(3) A transporter stores manifested shipments of such wastes at a transfer facility for 10 days or less.

(4) A healthcare facility accumulates such wastes in containers on site solely for the purpose of the accumulation of such quantities of hazardous waste pharmaceuticals as necessary to facilitate proper recovery, treatment, or disposal and the healthcare facility complies with the applicable requirements in Sections R315-266-500 through R315-266-503.

(5) A reverse distributor accumulates such wastes in containers on site solely for the purpose of the accumulation of such quantities of hazardous waste pharmaceuticals as necessary to facilitate proper recovery, treatment, or disposal and the reverse distributor complies with Section R315-266-510.

(b) An owner or operator of a treatment, storage or disposal facility may store such wastes for up to one year unless the Director can demonstrate that such storage was not solely for the purpose of accumulation of such quantities of hazardous waste as are necessary to facilitate proper recovery, treatment, or disposal.

(c) An owner or operator of a treatment, storage or disposal facility may store such wastes beyond one year; however, the owner or operator bears the burden of proving that such storage was solely for the purpose of accumulation of such quantities of hazardous waste as are necessary to facilitate proper recovery, treatment, or disposal.

(d) If a generator's waste is exempt from a prohibition on the type of land disposal utilized for the waste, for example, because of an approved case-by-case extension under Section R315-268-5, an approved Section R315-268-6 petition, or a national capacity variance under Sections R315-268-20 through R315-268-39, the prohibition in Subsection R315-268-50(a) does not apply during the period of such exemption.

(e) The prohibition in Subsection R315-268-50(a) does not apply to hazardous wastes that meet the treatment standards specified under Sections R315-268-41, R315-268-42, and R315-268-43 or the treatment standards specified under the variance in Section R315-268-44, or, where treatment standards have not been specified, is in compliance with the applicable prohibitions specified in Section R315-268-32 or RCRA section 3004.

(f) Liquid hazardous wastes containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) at concentrations greater than or equal to 50 ppm shall be stored at a facility that meets the requirements of 40 CFR 761.65(b) and shall be removed from storage and treated or disposed as required by Rule R315-268 within one year of the date when such wastes are first placed into storage. Subsection R315-268-50(c) does not apply to such PCB wastes prohibited under Section R315-268-32.

(g) The prohibition and requirements in Section R315-268-50 do not apply to hazardous remediation wastes stored in a staging pile approved pursuant to Section R315-264-554.

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Utah Admin. Code R315-268-50

Adopted by Utah State Bulletin Number 2016-9, effective 4/15/2016 Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2017-17, effective 8/31/2017 Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2020-19, effective 9/14/2020