Section 664.1090. Reporting requirements.

 

(1)  Each owner or operator managing hazardous waste in a tank, surface impoundment or container exempted from using air emission controls under s. NR 664.1082 (3) shall report to the department each occurrence when hazardous waste is placed in the waste management unit in noncompliance with the conditions in s. NR 664.1082 (3) (a) or (b) , as applicable. Examples of those occurrences include placing in the waste management unit a hazardous waste having an average VO concentration equal to or greater than 500 ppmw at the point of waste origination, or placing in the waste management unit a treated hazardous waste of which the organic content has been reduced by an organic destruction or removal process that fails to achieve the applicable conditions in s. NR 664.1082 (3) (b) 1. to 6. The owner or operator shall submit a written report within 15 calendar days of the time that the owner or operator becomes aware of the occurrence. The written report shall contain the EPA identification number, facility name and address, a description of the noncompliance event and the cause, the dates of the noncompliance and the actions taken to correct the noncompliance and prevent recurrence of the noncompliance. An authorized representative of the owner or operator shall sign and date the report.

(2)  Each owner or operator using air emission controls on a tank according to s. NR 664.1084 (3) shall report to the department each occurrence when hazardous waste is managed in the tank in noncompliance with the conditions in s. NR 664.1084 (2) . The owner or operator shall submit a written report within 15 calendar days of the time that the owner or operator becomes aware of the occurrence. The written report shall contain the EPA identification number, facility name and address, a description of the noncompliance event and the cause, the dates of the noncompliance and the actions taken to correct the noncompliance and prevent recurrence of the noncompliance. An authorized representative of the owner or operator shall sign and date the report.

(3)  Each owner or operator using a control device according to s. NR 664.1087 shall submit a semiannual written report to the department except as provided for in sub. (4) . The report shall describe each occurrence during the previous 6-month period when either a control device is operated continuously for 24 hours or longer in noncompliance with the applicable operating values defined in s. NR 664.1035 (3) (d) , or a flare is operated with visible emissions for 5 minutes or longer in a 2-hour period, as defined in s. NR 664.1033 (4) . The written report shall include the EPA identification number, facility name and address, an explanation why the control device could not be returned to compliance within 24 hours and actions taken to correct the noncompliance. An authorized representative of the owner or operator shall sign and date the report.

(4)  A report to the department according to sub. (3) is not required for a 6-month period during which all control devices subject to this subchapter are operated by the owner or operator such that all of the following conditions are met:

(a) During no period of 24 hours or longer did a control device operate continuously in noncompliance with the applicable operating values defined in s. NR 664.1035 (3) (d) .

(b) No flare was operated with visible emissions for 5 minutes or longer in a 2-hour period, as defined in s. NR 664.1033 (4) .

History: CR 05-032 : cr. Register July 2006 No. 607 , eff. 8-1-06.