Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024
Subpart 1.
Applicability.
This part provides the requirements for the management and
transportation of waste collected as part of a very small quantity generator
hazardous waste collection program. Full compliance with this part exempts the
program operator from the permit requirements of part
7001.0520.
An operator of a hazardous waste facility permitted under
chapter 7001 is exempt from the requirements of this part to the extent that
the facility permit specifically allows the facility to accept and store waste
from other generators.
Subp.
2.
Generators who operate collection programs.
A generator who is also a program operator must comply with
the applicable provisions of parts
7045.0205 to
7045.0325 as they apply to the
generator's hazardous waste. A generator who operates a collection program must
maintain separate records for the collected waste and waste generated by the
generator.
Subp. 3.
Definitions.
When used in this part, the terms in items A to D have the
meanings given them.
A. "Collection
program" means a program licensed under this part to accept, collect,
transport, store, or treat hazardous waste from very small quantity
generators.
B. "Collection site"
means a site established as part of a collection program under this
part.
C. "Program operator" means a
person or persons who establish a collection program and arrange for the
acceptance, collection, transportation, storage, and treatment of collected
hazardous waste from very small quantity generators.
D. "Site operator" means a person or persons
who operate a collection site.
Subp.
4.
Program license.
A program operator must apply for and obtain a collection
program license from the commissioner before accepting any waste. The program
operator must renew the license annually.
Subp. 5.
License application.
The license application must provide a complete description
of the program including, as applicable:
A. the name, address, and telephone number of
persons establishing the program;
B. the name, address, and telephone number of
persons operating the program, if different than item A;
C. the location and identification number of
all collection sites, designating central facilities and satellite
facilities;
D. the duration and
operating hours of the program;
E.
the intended program service area;
F. a description of the operator's
administrative process for accepting waste from very small quantity
generators;
G. the anticipated
types and amounts of waste to be collected, stored, treated, transported, and
disposed of;
H. a description of
how the waste is to be collected, analyzed, stored, treated, transported, and
disposed of;
I. except as provided
in item J, if treatment of collected waste is applied for under this license,
the following additional information must be submitted for each method of waste
treatment proposed:
(1) the name of the
person appointed to direct and oversee the treatment process;
(2) a detailed description of the treatment
activity and an explanation of how human health and the environment will be
protected; and
(3) evidence of
compliance with part
7045.0210 addressing financial
responsibility;
J. the
bulking of paints, solvents, used oil, and antifreeze does not require
submittal of the additional information under item I but must be addressed
under items G and H;
K. the amount
of time the site operator intends to store collected waste at individual
collection sites;
L. a description
of the physical structures where collection and storage will occur;
M. a description of personnel safety
training;
N. a description of the
safety and emergency procedures established;
O. the name, address, and identification
number of all hazardous waste transporters to be used; and
P. the name, address, and identification
number of all hazardous waste facilities which will treat or dispose of the
waste.
Subp. 6.
Changes to license conditions.
A program operator may change the conditions of management or
operation during the time period for which the license is valid, except for
treatment changes approved under subpart
5, item I, which require the
commissioner's written approval before the operator may implement the treatment
changes. If the program operator changes any of the conditions of management or
operation during the life of the license, the operator shall report the changes
in the next annual report.
Subp.
7.
License issuance and renewal.
After receiving the license application or annual report, as
applicable, the commissioner will conduct a review of the submitted information
and will:
A. issue or reissue, as
applicable, a collection program license;
B. request in writing the submittal of
additional information to make the license application or annual report, as
applicable, complete and approvable;
C. request in writing facility operational or
waste management changes to make the application or annual report, as
applicable, approvable; or
D. deny
approval of license application within 45 days of last submittal of information
by license applicant.
Subp.
8.
Reporting requirements.
A program operator must meet the reporting requirements
established in part
7045.0248, subpart
1.
In addition, the site operator must keep a written operating
record at the collection site and available for inspection that contains the
following information for each time a waste is collected:
A. the generator names and identification
numbers as required under part
7045.0221 from whom waste was
collected;
B. the name or a
description of the hazardous waste collected;
C. the amount of each hazardous waste
collected;
D. the date the waste
was received at the collection site; and
E. the date the waste was treated or shipped
from the collection site.
Subp.
9.
Management requirements.
A person or persons involved in management of hazardous waste
from very small quantity generators as part of a collection program shall
comply with the requirements of items A to F.
A. The program operator must comply with the
standards applicable to large quantity generators established in parts
7045.0205 to
7045.0325 with respect to
collected hazardous waste except as modified in this part.
B. The license requirements of parts
7045.0225 to
7045.0250 are replaced by the
requirements of subparts
4 to
8.
C. A site operator may accumulate hazardous
waste on site without a permit or without interim status if the site operator
complies with the accumulation time limits and management requirements provided
in part
7045.0292. The site operator is a
generator whose size shall be determined by applying part
7045.0206. The site operator shall
comply with the requirements applicable to a generator of the appropriate
size.
D. The site operator may
transport or offer for transport collected waste for off-site activities as
provided in part
7045.0208 or to a collection site
that is part of the same collection program licensed under this part.
E. If the site operator transports or offers
for transport collected waste for off-site activities to a collection site that
is part of the same collection program licensed under this part, the operator:
(1) may, in lieu of a manifest, prepare and
use a shipping paper containing all the information required on a manifest in
part
7045.0261, excluding the
identification number, to comply with the requirements of parts
7045.0261 to
7045.0265;
(2) may designate an alternate collection
site that has obtained the commissioner's approval or an alternate facility and
must indicate the alternate collection site or facility on the shipping paper
prepared under subitem (1); and
(3)
must instruct the transporter to return the waste, if the transporter is unable
to deliver the collected waste to the facility or collection site designated on
the shipping paper.
F.
The site operator must provide a written receipt to the generator immediately
upon receipt of waste. The receipt must include:
(1) the date the waste was received at the
collection site;
(2) the name or a
description of the hazardous waste received;
(3) the amount of each hazardous waste
received;
(4) the generator name
and identification number; and
(5)
the signature of the generator or authorized representative.
Subp. 10.
Transport requirements.
A person or persons who transport waste collected as a result
of a collection program licensed under this part shall transport collected
waste in compliance with the requirements in items A to D.
A. A transporter may not accept collected
waste from a program operator or a site operator unless the waste is
accompanied by either a manifest signed by the program operator or a shipping
paper prepared according to subpart
9, item E, subitem
(1).
B. If the collected waste is
destined for a hazardous waste facility, the transporter shall comply with all
of the hazardous waste transporter requirements in parts
7045.0351 to
7045.0397.
C. If the collected waste is destined for a
collection site that has obtained approval from the commissioner under the
licensing provisions of this part, the transporter shall comply with the
hazardous waste transporter requirements in parts
7045.0351 to
7045.0397, except:
(1) an identification number under part
7045.0361 is not required;
and
(2) a shipping paper prepared
according to subpart
9, item E, subitem (1), may
be used, in lieu of a manifest, to comply with the manifest requirements of
parts
7045.0351 to
7045.0395.
D. An operator who transports waste for hire
in Minnesota must obtain for-hire operating authority from the commissioner of
transportation as required by Minnesota Statutes, chapter 221.
Statutory Authority: MS s
14.07;
116.07
