South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 61 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
Subchapter 61-79 - Hazardous Waste Management Regulations
Part 61-79.264 - STANDARDS FOR OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE TREATMENT, STORAGE, AND DISPOSAL FACILITIES
Subpart M - LAND TREATMENT
Section 61-79.264.M.271 - Treatment program
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 9, September 27, 2024
(a) An owner or operator subject to this subpart must establish a land treatment program that is designed to ensure that hazardous constituents placed in or on the treatment zone are degraded, transformed, or immobilized within the treatment zone. The owner or operator shall specify in the permit application the elements of the treatment program, including:
(b) The owner or operator shall specify in the permit application the hazardous constituents that must be degraded, transformed, or immobilized under this subpart. Hazardous constituents are constituents identified in Appendix VIII of R.61-79.261 that are reasonably expected to be in, or derived from, waste placed in or on the treatment zone.
(c) The owner or operator will specify in his permit application the vertical and horizontal dimensions of the treatment zone. The treatment zone is the portion of the unsaturated zone below and including the land surface in which the owner or operator intends to maintain the conditions necessary for effective degradation, transformation, or immobilization of hazardous constituents. The maximum depth of the treatment zone must be:
