Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Environmental Quality
Title R315 - Waste Management and Radiation Control, Waste Management
Rule R315-315 - Special Waste Requirements
Section R315-315-7 - PCB Containing Waste

Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 315-315-7

Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024

(1) Any facility that disposes of nonhazardous waste, hazardous waste, or radioactive waste containing PCBs is regulated by Rules R315-301 through 320.

(2) The following wastes containing PCBs may be disposed in a permitted Class I, II, III, IV, V, or VI Landfill; permitted incinerator; permitted energy recovery facility; or a facility permitted by rule under Rule R315- 318:

(a) waste, as specified by 40 CFR 761.61, containing PCBs at concentrations less than 50 ppm;

(b) PCB household waste as defined by 40 CFR 761.3; and

(c) small quantities, 10 or fewer, of intact, non-leaking, small PCB capacitors, including capacitors from fluorescent lights x-ray machines, and other machines and test equipment.

(3) Waste containing PCBs at concentrations of 50 ppm or higher are prohibited from disposal in a landfill, incinerator, or energy recovery facility that is regulated by Rules R315-301 through 320, except:

(a) the following facilities may receive waste containing PCBs at concentrations of 50 ppm or higher for treatment or disposal:
(i) a facility permitted prior to July 15, 1993 under 40 CFR 761.70, .75 or .77; or

(ii) a facility permitted after July 15, 1993 under 40 CFR 761.70, .71, .72, .75, or .77 and approved by the Director under Rules R315-301 through 320; or

(b) a Class I or V landfill that has a liner and ground water monitoring or an incinerator that meets the requirements of Subsection R315-315-7(a)(i) or (ii) and when approved by the Director, may dispose of the following PCB wastes:
(i) PCB bulk products regulated by 40 CFR 761.62(b);

(ii) drained PCB contaminated equipment as defined by 40 CFR 761.3;

(iii) drained PCB articles, including drained PCB transformers, as defined by 40 CFR 761.3;

(iv) non-liquid cleaning materials remediation wastes containing PCB's regulated by 40 CFR 761.61(a)(5)(v)(A);

(v) PCB containing manufactured products regulated by 40 CFR 761.62(b)(1)(i) and (ii); or

(vi) non-liquid PCB containing waste, initially generated as a non-liquid waste, generated as a result of research and development regulated by 40 CFR 761.64(b)(2).

(c) If a unit of a permitted landfill is approved to receive PCB containing wastes under Subsection R315-315-7(3)(b), the owner or operator of the landfill:
(i) shall modify the approved Ground Water Monitoring Plan to include the testing of the ground water samples for PCB containing constituents at appropriate detection levels; and

(ii) shall test the leachate generated at the unit of the landfill for PCB's.

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