Collapse to view only § 265.400 - Applicability.
- § 265.400 - Applicability.
- § 265.401 - General operating requirements.
- § 265.402 - Waste analysis and trial tests.
- § 265.403 - Inspections.
- § 265.404 - Closure.
- § 265.405 - Special requirements for ignitable or reactive waste.
- § 265.406 - Special requirements for incompatible wastes.
§ 265.400 - Applicability.
The regulations in this subpart apply to owners and operators of facilities which treat hazardous wastes by chemical, physical, or biological methods in other than tanks, surface impoundments, and land treatment facilities, except as § 265.1 provides otherwise. Chemical, physical, and biological treatment of hazardous waste in tanks, surface impoundments, and land treatment facilities must be conducted in accordance with subparts J, K, and M, respectively.
§ 265.401 - General operating requirements.
(a) Chemical, physical, or biological treatment of hazardous waste must comply with § 265.17(b).
(b) Hazardous wastes or treatment reagents must not be placed in the treatment process or equipment if they could cause the treatment process or equipment to rupture, leak, corrode, or otherwise fail before the end of its intended life.
(c) Where hazardous waste is continuously fed into a treatment process or equipment, the process or equipment must be equipped with a means to stop this inflow (e.g., a waste feed cut-off system or by-pass system to a standby containment device).
[Comment: These systems are intended to be used in the event of a malfunction in the treatment process or equipment.]§ 265.402 - Waste analysis and trial tests.
(a) In addition to the waste analysis required by § 265.13, whenever:
(1) A hazardous waste which is substantially different from waste previously treated in a treatment process or equipment at the facility is to be treated in that process or equipment, or
(2) A substantially different process than any previously used at the facility is to be used to chemically treat hazardous waste;
the owner or operator must, before treating the different waste or using the different process or equipment:(i) Conduct waste analyses and trial treatment tests (e.g., bench scale or pilot plant scale tests); or
(ii) Obtain written, documented information on similar treatment of similar waste under similar operating conditions;
to show that this proposed treatment will meet all applicable requirements of § 265.401 (a) and (b).[(b) [Reserved]
[Comment: As required by § 265.13, the waste analysis plan must include analyses needed to comply with §§ 265.405 and 265.406. As required by § 265.73, the owner or operator must place the results from each waste analysis and trial test, or the documented information, in the operating record of the facility.]§ 265.403 - Inspections.
(a) The owner or operator of a treatment facility must inspect, where present:
(1) Discharge control and safety equipment (e.g., waste feed cut-off systems, by-pass systems, drainage systems, and pressure relief systems) at least once each operating day, to ensure that it is in good working order;
(2) Data gathered from monitoring equipment (e.g., pressure and temperature gauges), at least once each operating day, to ensure that the treatment process or equipment is being operated according to its design;
(3) The construction materials of the treatment process or equipment, at least weekly, to detect corrosion or leaking of fixtures or seams; and
(4) The construction materials of, and the area immediately surrounding, discharge confinement structures (e.g., dikes), at least weekly, to detect erosion or obvious signs of leakage (e.g., wet spots or dead vegetation).
(b) [Reserved]
[Comment: As required by § 265.15(c), the owner or operator must remedy any deterioration or malfunction he finds.]§ 265.404 - Closure.
At closure, all hazardous waste and hazardous waste residues must be removed from treatment processes or equipment, discharge control equipment, and discharge confinement structures.
[Comment: At closure, as throughout the operating period, unless the owner or operator can demonstrate, in accordance with § 261.3 (c) or (d) of this chapter, that any solid waste removed from his treatment process or equipment is not a hazardous waste, the owner or operator becomes a generator of hazardous waste and must manage it in accordance with all applicable requirements of parts 262, 263, and 265 of this chapter.]§ 265.405 - Special requirements for ignitable or reactive waste.
(a) Ignitable or reactive waste must not be placed in a treatment process or equipment unless:
(1) The waste is treated, rendered, or mixed before or immediately after placement in the treatment process or equipment so that (i) the resulting waste, mixture, or dissolution of material no longer meets the definition of ignitable or reactive waste under § 261.21 or 261.23 of this chapter, and (ii) § 265.17(b) is complied with; or
(2) The waste is treated in such a way that it is protected from any material or conditions which may cause the waste to ignite or react.
(b) [Reserved]
§ 265.406 - Special requirements for incompatible wastes.
(a) Incompatible wastes, or incompatible wastes and materials, (see appendix V for examples) must not be placed in the same treatment process or equipment, unless § 265.17(b) is complied with.
(b) Hazardous waste must not be placed in unwashed treatment equipment which previously held an incompatible waste or material, unless § 265.17(b) is complied with.