(a) Operate the site in
compliance with the performance standards of WAC
173-350-040
and this subsection. In addition, the owner or operator must develop, keep, and
follow a plan of operation approved as part of the permitting process. The plan
of operation must be available for inspection at the request of the
jurisdictional health department. If necessary, the plan may be modified with
the approval, or at the direction of the jurisdictional health department. Each
plan of operation must include the following:
(i) A description of the types of waste tires
to be handled at the facility;
(ii)
A description of the procedures used to ensure that dangerous waste and other
unacceptable waste are not accepted at the facility;
(iii) A description of how waste tires are to
be handled on-site during the facility's life, including:
(A) Routine storage;
(B) Procedures for ensuring that all waste
tires received by the facility have been transported in accordance with the
waste tire carrier section in WAC 173-350-355;
(C) Maximum site capacity; and
(D) Methods of adding or removing waste tires
from the facility and equipment used.
(iv) A description of how the owner or
operator will ensure the facility is operated in a way to:
(A) Control litter, dust, and nuisance
odors;
(B) Control rodents,
insects, and other vectors;
(C)
Control public access in a manner sufficient to prevent arson, unauthorized
vehicular traffic, illegal dumping of wastes, and to prohibit
scavenging;
(D) Prohibit open
burning and manage waste tires in a way to protect them from any material or
conditions that may cause them to ignite;
(E) Provide attendant(s) on-site during hours
of operation;
(F) Provide a sign at
the site entrance that identifies the facility and shows at a minimum the name
of the site;
(G) Immediately summon
fire, police, or emergency service personnel in the event of an
emergency;
(H) Limit the total
quantity of waste tires stored on-site at any time to the amount permitted by
the jurisdictional health department;
(I) Provide on-site fire control equipment
sufficient to extinguish any fire reasonably possible from one individual pile
of waste tires. Fire control equipment may include, but is not limited to,
automatic sprinkler protection, fire hydrants, fire hoses, ancillary
firefighting equipment, portable fire extinguishers, and material-handling
equipment capable of moving tires during firefighting operations; and
(J) Issue written or computer
printed receipts upon receiving loads of waste tires.
(v) A description of how operators will
inspect and maintain the facility to prevent deteriora-tion or the release of
wastes to the environment that could pose a threat to human health, including
the inspection form operators will use. Inspections must be as needed, but at
least weekly, unless an alternate schedule is approved by the jurisdictional
health department as part of the permitting pro-cess. Facility inspection
reports must be maintained in the operating record;
(vi) A description of how operators will
maintain operating records on the amounts (number of tires, weight of tires in
tons, or volume of tires in cubic yards) and types of waste received and
removed from the facility, including the form or computer printout used to
record this information. Weight and volume are adequate measurements provided
that the operator documents the approximate number of tires included in each
load. Facility annual reports must be maintained in the operating record.
Facility inspection reports must be maintained in the operating record,
including at least the date of inspection, the name and signature of the
inspector, a notation of observations made, and the date and nature of any
needed repairs or remedial action. Significant deviations from the plan of
operation must be noted in the operating record. Records must be kept for a
minimum of five years and must be available upon request by the jurisdictional
health department;
(vii) Safety,
fire, and emergency plans addressing the following:
(A) Procedures for the use of communications
equipment to immediately report emergencies to the fire department, police, or
emergency service personnel;
(B) A
list of all emergency equipment at the facility including the location and a
brief description of its capabilities;
(C) Procedures for firefighting and the
operation of fire control equipment;
(D) Employee training and emergency duty
assignments; and
(E) Procedures for
and frequency of fire drills.
(viii) Other such details to demonstrate that
the facility will be operated in accordance with this subsection and as
required by the jurisdictional health department.
(b) Prepare and submit an annual report to
the jurisdictional health department and the department by April 1st on forms
supplied by the department. The annual report must detail the facility's
activities during the previous calendar year and must include the following
information:
(i) Name and address of the
facility;
(ii) Calendar year
covered by the report;
(iii) Annual
quantity of tires received, in tons;
(iv) Annual quantity of tires removed from
the facility and where they went, in tons;
(v) Total tons of tires remaining at the
facility at year's end;
(vi)
Applicable financial assurance reviews and audit findings in accordance with
WAC
173-350-600;
and
(vii) Any additional
information required by the jurisdictional health department as a condition of
the permit.