Progress reports must be submitted to the department annually
on September 1 after the due date of the plan. The purpose of the progress
report is to provide information on quantities of hazardous waste and hazardous
substances or products containing hazardous substances reduced in the prior
twelve-month period.
(1) Progress
reports shall include a discussion of:
(a)
Performance goals. If numeric performance goals were listed in the
plan,
progress toward achieving these goals must be discussed. If numeric performance
goals were not listed in the
plan, progress made toward establishing numeric
goals and progress made toward achieving the goals as stated in the
plan must
be discussed. This discussion shall include:
(i) A description of reduction, recycling,
and treatment opportunities that were implemented.
(ii) A description of the process or
processes impacted by each opportunity.
(iii) A description of the quantities, by
weight, of hazardous substances or products containing hazardous substances
reduced and
hazardous waste reduced by each option. Estimation techniques, and
any assumptions used must be described. Quantities reduced must be displayed in
relation to changing production levels. The description shall also include a
statement of the level of production or service activity in relation to the
level of production or service activity stated in the plan at the time the plan
was prepared.
Note:
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Factors not resulting in actual reductions, such as
new estimating techniques, delistings of substances or hazardous wastes, and
reclassifications of waste management techniques cannot be counted or claimed
as reductions.
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(iv)
If measurement or estimation techniques are changed from the prior reports in
such a way that reductions are not additive for the five-year planning period,
a methodology for converting prior reported reductions must be described and
recalculations must be provided.
(b) Problems encountered in the
implementation process. Problems must be clearly identified and must include a
discussion of steps taken or proposed to resolve problems. An update on
problems reported in previous progress reports must be included.
(2) Upon the request of two or
more users or generators belonging to similar industrial classifications, the
department may aggregate data contained in their annual progress reports for
the purpose of developing a public record.