Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Environmental Quality
Title R315 - Waste Management and Radiation Control, Waste Management
Rule R315-264 - Standards for Owners and Operators of Hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities
Section R315-264-93 - Hazardous Constituents
Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(a) The Director shall specify in the facility permit the hazardous constituents to which the ground-water protection standard of Section R315-264-92 applies. Hazardous constituents are constituents identified in appendix VIII of Rule R315-261 that have been detected in ground water in the uppermost aquifer underlying a regulated unit and that are reasonably expected to be in or derived from waste contained in a regulated unit, unless the Director has excluded them under Subsection R315-264-93(b).
(b) The Director shall exclude a Rule R315-261 appendix VIII constituent from the list of hazardous constituents specified in the facility permit if he finds that the constituent is not capable of posing a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment. In deciding whether to grant an exemption, the Director shall consider the following:
(c) In making any determination under Subsection R315-264-93(b) about the use of ground water in the area around the facility, the Director shall consider any identification of underground sources of drinking water and exempted aquifers made under 40 CFR 144.8.