Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Part V - Hazardous Wastes and Hazardous Materials
Subpart 1 - Department of Environmental Quality-Hazardous Waste
Chapter 18 - Containment Buildings
Section V-1801 - Applicability
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code V-1801
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. The requirements of this Section apply to owners or operators who store or treat hazardous waste in units designed and operated under LAC 33:V.1802. These provisions became effective on February 18, 1993, although an owner or operator may have notified EPA or the administrative authority of his intent to be bound by this Section or its federal equivalent at an earlier time. The owner or operator is not subject to the definition of land disposal in LAC 33:V.2203 or R.S. 30:2193 provided that the unit:
1. is a completely enclosed, self-supporting
structure that is designed and constructed of manmade materials of sufficient
strength and thickness to support themselves, the waste contents, and any
personnel and heavy equipment that operate within the unit, and to prevent
failure due to pressure gradients, settlement, compression, uplift, physical
contact with the hazardous wastes to which they are exposed, climatic
conditions, and the stresses of daily operation, including the movement of
heavy equipment within the unit and contact of such equipment with containment
walls;
2. has a primary barrier
that is designed to be sufficiently durable to withstand the movement of
personnel, wastes, and handling equipment within the unit;
3. when used to manage liquids:
a. has a primary barrier designed and
constructed of materials to prevent migration of hazardous constituents into
the barrier;
b. has a liquid
collection system designed and constructed of materials to minimize the
accumulation of liquid on the primary barrier; and
c. has a secondary containment system
designed and constructed of materials to prevent migration of hazardous
constituents into the barrier, with a leak detection and liquid collection
system capable of detecting, collecting, and removing leaks of hazardous
constituents at the earliest practicable time, unless the unit has been granted
a variance from the secondary containment system requirements under LAC
33:V.1802.B.4;
4. has
controls as needed to permit fugitive dust emissions to meet the no visible
emission standard in LAC 33:V.1802.C.1.d; and
5. has been designed and is operated to
ensure containment and prevent the tracking of materials from the unit by
personnel or equipment.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:2180 et seq.
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