Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 252 - Department of Environmental Quality
Chapter 515 - Management of Solid Waste
Subchapter 29 - Exclusion of Prohibited Wastes
Section 252:515-29-3 - WEP requirements

Universal Citation: OK Admin Code 252:515-29-3

Current through Vol. 41, No. 13, March 15, 2024

(a) Random inspections. The WEP shall include procedures for conducting random inspections of incoming loads unless other steps are taken to ensure that incoming loads do not contain prohibited wastes.

(b) Inspection records. The WEP shall include provisions for maintaining records of the random inspections performed and the results of those inspections. The records shall include, as a minimum:

(1) date and time of the inspection;

(2) person conducting the inspection; and

(3) results of the random inspection.

(c) Personnel training. All gate attendants and disposal facility operators shall receive an initial eight (8) hours of basic training in waste exclusion and radioactivity, as related to the WEP.

(1) Curriculum. The WEP shall detail the training curriculum, to at a minimum include review of regulatory definitions and requirements for handling of waste as well as the facility's WEP implementation procedures.

(2) Documentation. The WEP shall specify how employee training will be documented.

(3) Refresher. The WEP shall include a minimum of four hours per year annual refresher training.

(d) Trained personnel on-site. Trained personnel shall be on-site during all hours the facility is open to accept wastes.

(e) Notification of rejected waste.

(1) The DEQ shall be notified by the end of the next working day of:
(A) any waste identified and rejected prior to receipt as a prohibited waste; or

(B) any load identified and rejected at the gate, during random inspections, or upon disposal at the working face, as a prohibited waste.

(2) Such notification shall describe the reason for rejection and include:
(A) the date of rejection;

(B) the name, address, phone number and contact person of the waste generator when such data can be obtained; and/or

(C) the name of driver, tag number of the vehicle, carrier name, address, telephone number and contact person when such data can be obtained.

(f) Safe storage. The WEP shall include procedures for the safe handling and storage of prohibited wastes until proper disposal can be arranged.

(g) Proper disposal. The WEP shall include procedures to ensure prohibited wastes are disposed at a facility permitted to accept the waste.

(h) Verification of disposal. The WEP shall include procedures for verification of proper disposal of prohibited wastes.

Added at 20 Ok Reg 1151, eff 6-1-03

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