Each applicant for a permit pursuant to this Chapter shall file a hazardous wastes management plan (HWMP) which shall set forth the applicant's methods for safe handling and control of hazardous wastes. Said plan must be filed at the time of application for permit. The HWMP may be amended at any time with the consent of the Board of Lyon County Commissioners. Those hazardous wastes handlers that frequently initiate significant changes in handling of hazardous wastes should indicate that information in the plan or file an amended plan. The HWMP shall be a public record, and shall consist of:
A. The Environmental Audit: Hazardous wastes handlers shall provide the County with an environmental audit of each hazardous waste they handle. Included in an environmental audit are:
1. A list of all hazardous wastes that will be handled at the facility. The list shall include applicable reportable quantities;
2. General descriptions of all processes that produce wastewaters, air emissions or other hazardous wastes;
3. Diagrams showing the flow of all hazardous wastes through each step of this process;
4. General descriptions of all treatment processes for hazardous wastes, including information on their efficiency in removing or destroying hazardous contaminants, unless Federal law prohibits such disclosure; and
5. Estimates of the type and volume of hazardous wastes that will be incorporated into final products, discharged into the sewer, released into the air and/or transformed into hazardous wastes.
B. Control of Emissions, Discharges and Releases: The HWMP shall indicate the measures employed to control emissions, discharges and releases of each hazardous waste by:
1. Showing that the handler has, or within reasonable time will obtain an applicable State/Federal permit or license (so long as that permit or license specifically covers each hazardous waste and its harm or potential for harm).
2. Explaining how the handler complies with existing laws, statutes, standards or regulations that do not require a permit or license but do specifically cover the handling of each hazardous waste and specifically require its control.
3. Documenting measures that will be employed to control the hazardous waste in such a manner as to present the least acute or chronic hazard or risk to public health and/or least damage to the environment including, but not limited to:
a. The best available control technologies (BACT), or
b. Changes in process and manufacturing strategies to reduce handling of the hazardous waste if there are no laws, statutes, standards and regulations relating to its handling and control.
4. Demonstrating the adequacy of:
a. Contingency plans for spills and unauthorized emissions, discharges and releases of the hazardous waste.
b. Employee training and equipment for proper handling of hazardous materials and in response to all emergencies involving the hazardous waste.
c. Adequate standards for construction of storage areas for the hazardous wastes.
5. If applicable, demonstrating that the environmental fate of the hazardous waste is such that it presents no harm or potential of harm to human health or to the environment.
No effort outlined above shall be approved by the County if it results in increased risk or hazard of harm to the health or safety of persons involved in handling the hazardous waste or otherwise employed at the facility or the public or the environment.
C. Monitoring Plan: For each hazardous waste used, the handler shall document the efforts used to verify that the hazardous wastes are controlled in accord with all other elements of the HWMP:
1. These efforts shall include, but are not limited to:
a. Sampling of emissions discharges and releases.
b. Self-inspections of storage, manufacturing and transportation operations.
c. Testing of emergency procedures.
2. These efforts shall take place in such manner as to:
a. Include sampling, self-inspections and monitoring at those times during the production process when the highest volume discharges and the highest probable concentrations of contamination are likely to occur.
b. Monitor, inspect or sample for all hazardous wastes used in the manufacturing process which have any potential for appearing in wastewater discharge.
c. Include periodic random sampling, monitoring or inspection. (Ord. 328, 4-6-89)