Current through August 26, 2024
A miscellaneous unit shall be located, designed,
constructed, operated, maintained and closed in a manner that will ensure
protection of human health and the environment. Licenses for miscellaneous
units shall contain terms and provisions necessary to protect human health and
the environment, including, as appropriate, design and operating requirements,
detection and monitoring requirements and requirements for responses to
releases of hazardous waste or hazardous constituents from the unit. License
terms and provisions shall include those requirements of subchs. I to O and
subchs. AA to CC, ch. NR 670, 40 CFR part 63 subpart EEE and ch. NR 815 that
are appropriate for the miscellaneous unit being licensed. Protection of human
health and the environment includes all of the following:
(1) Prevention of any releases that may have
adverse effects on human health or the environment due to migration of waste
constituents in the groundwater or subsurface environment, considering all of
the following:
(a) The volume and physical
and chemical characteristics of the waste in the unit, including its potential
for migration through soil, liners or other containing structures.
(b) The hydrologic and geologic
characteristics of the unit and the surrounding area.
(c) The existing quality of groundwater,
including other sources of contamination and their cumulative impact on the
groundwater.
(d) The quantity and
direction of groundwater flow.
(e)
The proximity to and withdrawal rates of current and potential groundwater
users.
(f) The patterns of land use
in the region.
(g) The potential
for deposition or migration of waste constituents into subsurface physical
structures, and into the root zone of food-chain crops and other
vegetation.
(h) The potential for
health risks caused by human exposure to waste constituents.
(i) The potential for damage to domestic
animals, wildlife, crops, vegetation and physical structures caused by exposure
to waste constituents.
(2) Prevention of any releases that may have
adverse effects on human health or the environment due to migration of waste
constituents in surface water or wetlands, or on the soil surface considering
all of the following:
(a) The volume and
physical and chemical characteristics of the waste in the unit.
(b) The effectiveness and reliability of
containing, confining and collecting systems and structures in preventing
migration.
(c) The hydrologic
characteristics of the unit and the surrounding area, including the topography
of the land around the unit.
(d)
The patterns of precipitation in the region.
(e) The quantity, quality and direction of
groundwater flow.
(f) The proximity
of the unit to surface waters.
(g)
The current and potential uses of nearby surface waters and any water quality
standards established for those surface waters.
(h) The existing quality of surface waters
and surface soils, including other sources of contamination and their
cumulative impact on surface waters and surface soils.
(i) The patterns of land use in the
region.
(j) The potential for
health risks caused by human exposure to waste constituents.
(k) The potential for damage to domestic
animals, wildlife, crops, vegetation and physical structures caused by exposure
to waste constituents.
(3) Prevention of any release that may have
adverse effects on human health or the environment due to migration of waste
constituents in the air, considering all of the following:
(a) The volume and physical and chemical
characteristics of the waste in the unit, including its potential for the
emission and dispersal of gases, aerosols and particulates.
(b) The effectiveness and reliability of
systems and structures to reduce or prevent emissions of hazardous constituents
to the air.
(c) The operating
characteristics of the unit.
(d)
The atmospheric, meteorologic and topographic characteristics of the unit and
the surrounding area.
(e) The
existing quality of the air, including other sources of contamination and their
cumulative impact on the air.
(f)
The potential for health risks caused by human exposure to waste
constituents.
(g) The potential for
damage to domestic animals, wildlife, crops, vegetation and physical structures
caused by exposure to waste constituents.
