Pennsylvania Code
Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Part I - Department of Environmental Protection
Subpart D - Environmental Health and Safety
Article VIII - Municipal Waste
Chapter 271 - MUNICIPAL WASTE MANAGEMENT-GENERAL PROVISIONS
Subchapter G - RESIDUAL WASTE
ADDITIONAL APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
Section 271.611 - Chemical analysis of waste

Universal Citation: 25 PA Code § 271.611

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024

(a) Application form.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (f), an application for the processing or disposal of residual waste or special handling waste, an application for a general permit for the beneficial use or processing of municipal waste under Subchapter I (relating to beneficial use), or an application or registration under § 271.831 (relating to contents of general permits) for inclusion in a general permit issued under Subchapter I, shall contain the following information for each waste on a form provided by the Department:

(i) The name and location of the generator of the waste.

(ii) A detailed analysis that fully characterizes the physical properties and chemical composition of the waste. This analysis shall include available information from material safety data sheets or similar sources that may help characterize the physical properties and chemical composition of the waste.

(iii) An evaluation of the ability of the waste and the constituents in the waste to leach into the environment.

(iv) A determination of whether the waste is hazardous under Chapter 261, Subchapters A-D (Reserved).

(v) If the waste will be disposed at a municipal waste landfill or construction/demolition waste landfill, a demonstration that the waste meets the requirements for disposal at the facility.

(2) More than one type of waste from a single generator may be included on a single application, if the information required by this section is separately included for each type of waste.

(3) The analysis required by this subsection shall include a waste sampling plan, including quality assurance and quality control procedures. The plan shall ensure an accurate and representative sampling of the waste.

(4) The Department may, in writing, waive or modify the evaluation required by this subsection for waste to be received at permitted facilities if the following conditions are met:

(i) The applicant has submitted a description of the process by which the waste was generated, a physical description of the waste and a certification that the waste is not hazardous.

(ii) The applicant has demonstrated to the Department's satisfaction that additional analysis is not necessary to determine that waste can be received at the facility without adversely affecting the effectiveness of waste processing operations and established emission and wastewater discharge limits.

(iii) The applicant has demonstrated to the Department's satisfaction that additional analysis is not necessary to determine that waste can be received at the facility without adversely affecting the effectiveness of the liner or leachate treatment systems at a landfill, the attenuating soil base at a construction/demolition waste landfill or established emission and wastewater discharge limits.

(b) Waste generation. Except as provided in subsection (e), an application shall also include a description of the waste generation process, including a description of the raw materials used in the process, the primary chemical reactions which occur during the process, the sequence of events which occur during the process, the points of waste generation in the process and the manner in which each of the wastes is managed subsequent to its generation. A schematic drawing of the process shall be included.

(c) Methodologies. The analytical methodologies used to meet the requirements of subsection (a) shall be those in the most recent edition of the EPA's"Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste" (SW-846),"Methods for Chemical Analysis of Water and Wastes" (EPA 600/4-79-020),"Standard Methods for Examination of Water and Wastewater," prepared and published jointly by the American Public Health Association, American Waterworks Association, and Water Pollution Control Federation or a comparable method subsequently approved by the EPA or the Department.

(d) Quality control. The person taking the samples and the laboratory performing the analysis required by subsection (a) shall employ the quality assurance/quality control procedures described in the EPA's"Handbook for Analytical Quality Control in Water and Wastewater Laboratories" (EPA 600/4-79-019) or"Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste" (SW-846). The laboratory's quality control procedures, as well as the documentation of the use of those procedures, shall be included in the application unless waived by the Department.

(e) Generator information. An applicant may submit information received from a person or municipality under § 287.54 (relating to chemical analysis of waste) to meet the corresponding requirements of this section.

(f) Waiver. The Department may, in writing, waive the requirements of this section for special handling waste, waive or modify the requirements of this section for general permits issued under Subchapter I and waive or modify the chemical analysis requirements under § 271.103 (relating to permit-by-rule for municipal waste processing facilities other than for regulated medical or chemotherapeutic waste; qualifying facilities; general requirements).

This section cited in 25 Pa. Code § 271.103 (relating to permit-by-rule for municipal waste processing facilities other than for regulated medical or chemotherapeutic waste; qualifying facilities; general requirements); 25 Pa. Code § 271.601 (relating to scope); 25 Pa. Code § 271.613 (relating to waste analysis plan); 25 Pa. Code § 271.821 (relating to application for general permit); and 25 Pa. Code § 271.841 (relating to inclusion in a general permit).

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