Hazardous Waste
Operations
Chapter 296-843, WAC |
Effective
Date: 05/01/04 |
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This chapter applies if you have any
of the following:
- Employees working in operations involving
hazardous waste at a treatment, storage, and disposal (TSD)
facility required to have a permit or interim status and
regulated by any of the following:
- – 40 CFR Parts 264 and 265 under the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA), 42
U.S.C. 6901 et seq.
- – Agencies implementing RCRA through
agreements with the United States Environmental Protection
Agency (U.S.E.P.A.)
- – Chapter 173-303 WAC, Dangerous waste
regulations
or
- Employees conducting initial investigations
of government-identified sites before determining whether hazardous
substances are present
or
- Corrective actions, involving cleanup operations,
at sites covered by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
of 1976 (RCRA) as amended (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.) or chapter
70.105 RCW, Hazardous Waste Management
or
- Employees performing cleanup operations at
an uncontrolled hazardous waste site. Sites include, but aren’t
limited to:
- – The Environmental Protection Agency's
(EPA) National Priority Site List (NPL); see http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/wa.htm
- – Sites recommended for inclusion
on the EPA NPL
- – State priority site lists, for example
those listed under chapter 173-340 WAC, Model Toxics Control
Act (MTCA); see http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/tcp/cscs/CSCSpage.htm
- – Unlisted sites recognized by a
federal, state or local government as an uncontrolled hazardous
waste site. Examples of such sites include:
-
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Sites that don't meet clean-up goals
established by the MTCA and that pose a threat or
potential threat to human health or the environment
-
Clandestine drug lab sites designated
for cleanup
-
Post emergency response cleanup
at the site of a hazardous substance release regulated
by
chapter 296-824 WAC, Emergency Response.
IMPORTANT:
This chapter applies to hazardous waste
sites until cleanup at the site is determined to be complete by
the governing regulatory agency.
Illustration 1
Other rules that may apply
to hazardous waste operations:
You will find safety and health requirements
(for example, personal protective equipment) are addressed in
other rules and also in this chapter. If you find a conflict in
requirements, you need to meet the more protective requirement.
Contact your local L&I office if you need assistance in making
this determination.
Examples of other rules that may apply:
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