Code of Maine Rules
06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL
Chapter 851 - STANDARDS FOR GENERATORS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE
Section 096-851-12 - Prohibitions

Universal Citation: 06 ME Code Rules ยง 096-851-12

Current through 2024-38, September 18, 2024

A. No generator may treat or dispose of hazardous waste on-site unless licensed to do so pursuant to 06-096 C.M.R. ch. 856 of the Department's rules, except as provided in 06-096 C.M.R. ch. 856, § 6(E).

B. The storage of hazardous waste in an underground or in-ground tank is prohibited after December 31, 1987, except:

A hazardous waste which is hazardous because of its ignitability may be accumulated and stored in underground or in-ground tanks if such storage is in double walled tanks meeting the requirements of 40 C.F.R. §265.193(e)(3).

NOTE: Tanks which have previously held hazardous wastes are required to be closed under the provisions of this Chapter.

C. Generators that store hazardous wastes in excess of 5,000 gallons at any one time shall not store hazardous waste as follows, unless licensed under 06-096 C.M.R. ch. 856 of the Department's rules:

(1) On land defined as a wetland under statutes or regulations administered by the Department, Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, or the Department of Marine Resources; or

(2) On land that overlies any portion of a surface or subsurface sand and gravel aquifer or a high yield aquifer, unless the storage area is underlain by a synthetic liner which meets the design requirements of 06-096 C.M.R. ch. 854, § 8(B)(4).

D. No generator may discharge hazardous waste via a sewer system containing domestic sewage to a publicly owned treatment works (POTW) unless the generator has received an abbreviated permit under 06-096 C.M.R. ch. 856 and the discharge is in compliance with such license or if the generator is eligible for an exemption pursuant to 06-096 C.M.R. ch. 850, § 3(A)(4)(a) (ii).

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