Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Part V - Hazardous Wastes and Hazardous Materials
Subpart 1 - Department of Environmental Quality-Hazardous Waste
Chapter 43 - Interim Status
Subchapter M - Landfills
Section V-4507 - Special Requirements for Liquid Waste

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code V-4507

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

A. The placement of bulk or noncontainerized liquid hazardous waste or hazardous waste containing free liquids (whether or not sorbents have been added) in any landfill is prohibited.

B. Containers holding free liquids must not be placed in a landfill unless:

1. all free-standing liquid:
a. has been removed by decanting or other methods;

b. has been mixed with sorbent or solidified so that free-standing liquid is no longer observed; or

c. has been otherwise eliminated; or

2. the container is very small, such as an ampule; or

3. the container is designed to hold free liquids for use other than storage, such as a battery or capacitor; or

4. the container is a lab pack as defined in LAC 33:V.4511 and is disposed of in accordance with LAC 33:V.4511.

C. To demonstrate the absence or presence of free liquids in either a containerized or a bulk waste, the following test must be used: Method 9095B (Paint Filter Liquids Test) as described in Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods, EPA Publication SW-846, as incorporated by reference in LAC 33:V.110.

D. The date for compliance with Subsection A of this Section is November 19, 1981. The date for compliance with Subsection B of this Section is March 22, 1982.

E. Sorbents used to treat free liquids to be disposed of in landfills must be nonbiodegradable. Nonbiodegradable sorbents are: materials listed or described in Paragraph E.1 of this Section; materials that pass one of the tests in Paragraph E.2 of this Section; or materials that are determined by EPA to be nonbiodegradable through the petition process in LAC 33:V.105.

1. Nonbiodegradable Sorbents. The following materials are nonbiodegradable sorbents:
a. inorganic minerals, other inorganic materials, and elemental carbon (e.g., aluminosilicates, clays, smectites, Fuller's earth, bentonite, calcium bentonite, montmorillonite, calcined montmorillonite, kaolinite, micas [illite], vermiculites, zeolites, calcium carbonate [organic free limestone]; oxides/hydroxides, alumina, lime, silica [sand], diatomaceous earth, perlite [volcanic glass]; expanded volcanic rock, volcanic ash, cement kiln dust, fly ash, rice hull ash, and activated charcoal/activated carbon); or

b. high molecular weight synthetic polymers (e.g., polyethylene, high-density polyethylene (HDPE), polypropylene, polystyrene, polyurethane, polyacrylate, polynorborene, polyisobutylene, ground synthetic rubber, cross-linked allylstyrene, and tertiary butyl copolymers). This does not include polymers derived from biological material or polymers specifically designed to be degradable; or

c. mixtures of these nonbiodegradable materials.

2. Tests for Nonbiodegradable Sorbents
a. The sorbent material is determined to be nonbiodegradable under ASTM Method G21-70 (1984a)-Standard Practice for Determining Resistance of Synthetic Polymer Materials to Fungi; or

b. the sorbent material is determined to be nonbiodegradable under ASTM Method G22-76 (1984b)-Standard Practice for Determining Resistance of Plastics to Bacteria; or

c. the sorbent material is determined to be nonbiodegradable under OECD test 301B: [CO2 Evolution (Modified Sturm Test)].

F. The placement of any liquid that is not a hazardous waste in a landfill is prohibited unless the owner or operator of such landfill demonstrates to the administrative authority or the administrative authority determines that:

1. the only reasonably available alternative to the placement in such landfill is placement in a landfill or unlined surface impoundment, whether or not permitted or operating under interim status, which contains or may reasonably be anticipated to contain hazardous waste; and

2. placement in such owner's or operator's landfill will not present a risk of contamination of any underground source of drinking water, as defined in LAC 33:V.109.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:2180 et seq.

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