Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024
Subpart 1.
Management by generator.
A generator must manage hazardous waste by using one of the
methods described in items A to H, unless otherwise specifically exempted under
this chapter.
A. A generator may treat
or dispose of hazardous waste at an on-site facility as provided under part
7045.0211.
B. A generator may ensure delivery of
hazardous waste to an off-site storage, treatment, or disposal facility. If
located in the United States, the facility used must be permitted to accept
hazardous waste under the agency's permitting procedures, have interim status
under parts
7045.0552 to
7045.0649, or be authorized to
manage hazardous waste by the Environmental Protection Agency or by a state
with a hazardous waste management program authorized by the Environmental
Protection Agency.
C. A generator
may ensure delivery of hazardous waste to a facility that under part
7045.0125 beneficially uses or
reuses, legitimately recycles, or legitimately reclaims the waste, or treats
the waste before beneficial use or reuse, legitimate recycling, or legitimate
reclamation.
D. A generator may
export hazardous waste to a foreign country under the limitations in part
7045.0302.
E. A generator may discharge hazardous waste
to a publicly owned treatment works according to the notification requirements,
prohibitions, limitations, and other management requirements imposed by the
publicly owned treatment works operating authority, by federal statutes and
regulations, or by state statutes and rules, providing:
(1) the wastes being discharged are
compatible with all piping and appurtenances which would receive the waste and
conduct it to the publicly owned treatment works treatment plant; and
(2) no piping and appurtenances owned or
utilized by the generator, and leading to the public sewers, will release the
discharged waste to the environment.
F. A generator may ensure delivery of
hazardous waste to a very small quantity generator collection program operated
under part
7045.0320.
G. A generator of universal waste may ensure
delivery of universal waste to a universal waste handler or destination
facility under part
7045.1400.
H. A generator may ensure delivery of PCB
waste to a commercial storer of PCB waste, as defined in part
7045.0135, subpart 5.
Subp. 1a.
Abandonment.
A generator must not dispose of or abandon hazardous waste or
arrange for the disposal of hazardous waste at a location other than as
provided under subpart
1.
Subp. 2.
Relinquishing control.
A generator must not relinquish control of a hazardous waste
if:
A. the generator has reason to
believe that the hazardous waste will not be properly managed;
B. the transporter or the treatment, storage,
or disposal facility is not exempt under this chapter and has not received an
identification number; or
C. the
transporter is not currently licensed or permitted by the Minnesota Department
of Transportation as a hazardous waste transporter, except as exempted in part
7045.0120.
Subp. 3.
Effect on liability.
Nothing in subparts
1 and
2 is intended to restrict,
enlarge, or affect, in any way, any liability the generator may have to correct
the mismanagement of the hazardous waste or pay for damages or alleviate any
pollution caused by the mismanagement of the hazardous waste.
Subp. 4.
Land disposal.
Hazardous wastes are subject to the requirements of part
7045.1390.
