Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
a) The owner or operator must conduct
inspections often enough to identify problems in time to correct them before
they harm human health or the environment. The owner or operator must inspect
the facility for malfunctions and deterioration, operator errors, and
discharges that may be causing or may lead to either of the following:
1) Release of hazardous waste constituents to
the environment; or
2) A threat to
human health.
b)
Inspection Schedule
1) The owner or operator
must develop and follow a written schedule for inspecting monitoring equipment,
safety and emergency equipment, security devices, and operating and structural
equipment (such as dikes and sump pumps) that are important to preventing,
detecting, or responding to environmental or human health hazards.
2) The owner or operator must keep this
schedule at the facility.
3) The
schedule must identify the types of problems (e.g., malfunctions or
deterioration) that are to be looked for during the inspection (e.g.,
inoperative sump pump, leaking fitting, eroding dike, etc.).
4) The frequency of inspection may vary for
the items on the schedule. However, the frequency should be based on the rate
of deterioration of the equipment and the probability of an environmental or
human health incident if the deterioration, malfunction, or operator error goes
undetected between inspections. Areas subject to spills, such as loading and
unloading areas, must be inspected daily when in use. At a minimum, the
inspection schedule must include the items and frequencies called for in
Sections
724.274,
724.293,
724.295,
724.326,
724.354,
724.378,
724.403,
724.447,
724.702,
724.933,
724.952,
724.953,
724.958,
and
724.983
through
724.990,
where applicable. 35 Ill. Adm. Code 703 requires the inspection schedule to be
submitted with Part B of the permit application. The Agency must evaluate the
schedule, along with the rest of the application, to ensure that it adequately
protects human health and the environment. As part of this review, the Agency
may modify or amend the schedule as may be necessary.
5) This subsection (b)(5) corresponds with
40 CFR
264.15(b)(5), which became
obsolete when USEPA terminated the Performance Track Program at 74 Fed. Reg.
22741 (May 14, 2009). USEPA has recognized that program-related rules are no
longer effective at 75 Fed. Reg. 12989, 12992, note 1 (Mar. 18, 2010). This
statement maintains structural consistency with the corresponding federal
requirements.
c) The
owner or operator must remedy any deterioration or malfunction of equipment or
structures that the inspection reveals on a schedule which ensures that the
problem does not lead to an environmental or human health hazard. Where a
hazard is imminent or has already occurred, remedial action must be taken
immediately.
d) The owner or
operator must record inspections in an inspection log or summary. The owner or
operator must keep these records for at least three years from the date of
inspection. At a minimum, these records must include the date and time of the
inspection, the name of the inspector, a notation of the observations made and
the date, and nature of any repairs or other remedial actions.
