Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 167 - Pollution Control Agency
Chapter 7001 - PERMITS AND CERTIFICATIONS
HAZARDOUS WASTE FACILITY PERMITS
Part 7001.0712 - RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION PERMITS

Subpart 1. Scope.

This part applies to research, development, or demonstration facilities other than land treatment demonstration facilities governed by part 7001.0710 or facilities meeting the treatability study exemption requirements of part 7045.0121.

Subp. 2. Permit requirement.

A person who desires to own or operate a research, development, or demonstration facility utilizing an innovative and experimental hazardous waste treatment technology or process for which permit standards have not been adopted in chapter 7045 shall request a permit from the agency.

Subp. 3. Terms of permit.

A permit governed by this part is effective for a fixed term not to exceed one year. At the request of the permittee, the commissioner shall renew the permit for one additional year if the commissioner finds that the permittee is in compliance with the conditions of the permit and that the operation of the facility does not pose a threat to human health and the environment. In no event shall the commissioner renew the permit more than three times.

Subp. 4. Conditions of permit.

The permit shall authorize the receipt and treatment by the facility of only those types and quantities of hazardous waste that the commissioner considers necessary for the purpose of determining the efficiency and performance capabilities of the technology or process and the effects of the technology or process on human health and the environment.

The permit shall contain all applicable special and general conditions in parts 7001.0150 and 7001.0720 and conditions concerning financial responsibility under parts 7045.0498 to 7045.0524, closure, and remedial action. The permit shall provide for the immediate termination of all operations at the facility at any time upon receipt of notification from the commissioner that termination of operations is necessary to protect human health or the environment.