(1) Photo processors and printers shall not
discharge industrial wastewater to the ground without a groundwater permit
pursuant to
314 CMR 5.00: Ground
Water Discharge Permit Program, and shall not discharge industrial
wastewater to surface water without a permit pursuant to
314 CMR 3.00: Surface
Water Discharge Permit Program. Discharge of industrial wastewater to
a septic or on site disposal system is prohibited.
(2) Photo processors and printers subject to
310 CMR 71.00 that use silver
recovery systems with cartridges or non-cartridges shall comply with the
general and specific prohibitions listed in 310 CMR 71.06(2)(a) and (b):
(a)
General
Prohibitions. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
to a POTW any substances, materials or wastewaters that can harm the sewers,
wastewater treatment process, or equipment; have an adverse impact on the
receiving waters or can otherwise endanger life, limb, public property or
constitute a nuisance. In addition, no person shall discharge hazardous waste
or allow the discharge of hazardous waste through any sewer connection.
In determining the acceptability of these wastewaters,
consideration shall be given to such factors as the quantities of such
wastewaters in relation to flows and velocities in the sewers, materials or
construction of sewers, nature of the wastewater treatment process, capacity of
the wastewater treatment process, degree of treatability of such wastewaters in
the wastewater treatment plant, and other pertinent factors. Pollutants
introduced into POTWs by a non-domestic source shall not pass through the POTW
or interfere with the operation or performance of the works. These general
prohibitions and the specific prohibitions listed in 310 CMR 71.06(2)(b) apply
to all non-domestic sources introducing pollutants into a POTW whether or not
the source is subject to other pretreatment standards or any other Federal,
State or local pretreatment requirements.
(b)
Specific
Prohibitions. In addition, the following pollutants shall not be
introduced into a POTW:
1. Pollutants which
create a fire or explosion hazard in the POTW;
2. Pollutants which cause corrosive
structural damage to the POTW, but in no case discharges with pH lower than 5.5
or more than 10.0, unless the works is specifically designed to accommodate
such discharges;
3. Solid or
viscous pollutants in amounts which will cause obstruction to the flow in the
POTW resulting in interference;
4.
Any pollutant, including oxygen demanding pollutants discharged in a flow rate
and/or pollutant concentration which will cause interference with the
POTW;
5. Heat in amounts which will
inhibit biological activity in the POTW resulting in interference, but in no
case heat in such quantities that the temperature at the POTW treatment plant
exceeds 40 E C (104 E F) unless the Division, upon request of the POTW,
approves alternate temperature limits.
(3) Photo processors and printers generating
hazardous waste shall comply with all applicable requirements in 310 CMR
30.000: Hazardous Waste including requirements for using
holding tanks for hazardous waste. These holding tank requirements include:
(a) maintain tanks and containers holding
hazardous waste to be recycled on site in accordance with
310 CMR
30.205(19): Storage
and Accumulation in Tanks and Containers;
(b) maintain tanks and containers holding
hazardous waste to be shipped off site in accordance with
310 CMR
30.340: Large Quantity
Generators, 30.351: Small Quantity Generators, or
30.353: Very Small Quantity Generators, as
applicable;
(c) maintain records in
accordance with
310 CMR 30.310:
The Manifest, 30.331: Recordkeeping, and
30.353(9), as applicable, in order to demonstrate that all hazardous waste is
shipped off-site to a facility authorized to receive it pursuant to
310
CMR 30.305: Destination of Hazardous
Waste or Regulated Recyclable Material Sent Off-site or
30.353(8).
(4) Photo
processors and printers using silver recovery systems which are not directly
piped to the photo processing wastestream shall:
(a) comply with any existing Class A
recycling permit for the unit;
(b)
maintain tanks and containers holding hazardous industrial wastewater in
accordance with
310 CMR
30.205(19): Storage
and Accumulation in Tanks and Containers;
(c) record amount of industrial wastewater
passing through their silver recovery unit and keep the records on-site for at
least three years; and
(d) manage
any hazardous waste byproducts either as a regulated recyclable material in
accordance with
310 CMR
30.200: Provisions for Recyclable
Materials and for Waste Oil or as a hazardous waste in accordance with
310 CMR 30.000Hazardous Waste.
(5) Photo processors and printers using tanks
or containers to store non-hazardous industrial wastewater shall:
(a) use tanks which
1. have a containment structure with 110%
capacity of the total volume of all above-ground tanks;
2. have a bell and light alarm in a
conspicuous location if they are remotely/ automatically filled tanks. The
alarm must activate when the level of wastewater reaches 75% capacity of the
tank and the alarm signal must be transmitted to a staffed location. Manually
filled tanks must be provided with visual or sight glass type of level
measurement;
3. are located to
provide year round access for emptying;
4. have odor control as necessary;
5. are made of, or lined with, materials
which will not react with, and otherwise be compatible with, the industrial
wastewater to be stored; and
6. are
located in a secured storage area which is free of cracks and gaps that is
sufficiently impervious to contain leaks and spills, and,
7. have a label indicating contents are
non-hazardous.
(b) use
containers which
1. satisfy requirements set
by the Department of Transportation for transportation of waste
off-site,
2. have a label
indicating contents are non-hazardous, and,
3. are located in a secured storage area
which is free of cracks and gaps that is sufficiently impervious to contain
leaks and spills.
(c)
maintain records sufficient to demonstrate that all industrial wastewater is
shipped off-site to the POTW, including, but not limited to, transporter name
and address, dates of shipment, amount shipped, and destination. These records
shall be kept on-site for at least three years.
(d) implement the following operating
procedures and work practices:
1. spill
control measures when filling, emptying or transporting containers
2. report to the local Board of Health within
24 hours any occurrence of spills released to the environment.
