Illinois Administrative Code
Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Part 725 - INTERIM STATUS STANDARDS FOR OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE TREATMENT, STORAGE, AND DISPOSAL FACILITIES
Subpart P - THERMAL TREATMENT
Section 725.482 - Open Burning; Waste Explosives

Universal Citation: 35 IL Admin Code ยง 725.482
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024

Open burning of hazardous waste is prohibited except for the open burning and detonation of waste explosives. Waste explosives include waste that has the potential to detonate and bulk military propellants that cannot safely be disposed of through other modes of treatment. Detonation is an explosion in which chemical transformation passes through the material faster than the speed of sound (0.33 kilometers/second at sea level). Owners or operators choosing to open burn or detonate waste explosives must do so in accordance with the following table and in a manner that does not threaten human health or the environment.

Distance From Open Pounds of Waste Explosives or Propellants

Burning or Detonation To the Property of Others

0 to 100

204 meters ( 670 feet)

101 to 1,000

380 meters (1,250 feet)

1,001 to 10,000

530 meters (1,730 feet)

10,001 to 30,000

690 meters (2,260 feet)

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