(A) Any industrial user who commences the discharge of hazardous waste shall notify the POTW, the EPA Regional Waste Management Division Director, and state hazardous waste authorities in writing of any discharge into the POTW of a substance which, if otherwise disposed of, would be a hazardous waste under 40 C.F.R. pt. 261. This notification must include the name of the hazardous waste as set forth in 40 C.F.R. pt. 261, the EPA hazardous waste number, and the type of discharge (continuous, batch, or other). If the industrial user discharges more than 10 kilograms of that waste per calendar month to the POTW, the notification shall also contain the following information to the extent the information is known and readily available to the industrial user: an identification of the hazardous constituents contained in the wastes, an estimation of the mass and concentration of those constituents in the waste stream discharged during that calendar month, and an estimation of the mass of constituents in the waste stream expected to be discharged during the following 12 months. All notification must take place no later than 180 days after the discharge commences. Any notification under this provision need be submitted only once for each hazardous waste discharged. However, notifications of changed discharges must be submitted under § 53.089, above. The notification requirement in this section does not apply to pollutants already reported under the self- monitoring requirement of §§ 53.085 and 53.088, above.
(B) (1) Discharges are exempt from the requirements of division (A) of this section during a calendar month in which they discharge no more than 15 kilograms of hazardous wastes, unless the wastes are acute hazardous wastes as specified in 40 C.F.R. pt. 261.30(d) and 261.33(e). Discharge of more than 15 kilograms of non-acute hazardous wastes in a calendar month, or of any quantity of acute hazardous wastes as specified in 40 C.F.R. pt. 261.30(d) and 261.33(e), requires a 1-time notification.
(2) Subsequent months during which the industrial user discharges more than such quantities of any hazardous waste do not require additional notification.
(C) In the case of any new regulations under RCRA § 3001 identifying additional characteristics of hazardous waste or listing any additional substance as a hazardous waste, the industrial user must notify the POTW, the EPA Regional Waste Management Waste Division Director, and state hazardous waste authorities of the discharge of that substance within 90 days of the effective date of those regulations.
(D) In the case of any notification made under this section, the industrial user shall certify that it has a program in place to reduce the volume and toxicity of hazardous wastes generated to the degree it has determined to be economically practical.
(1969 Code, § 27-229) (Ord. 1999-45, passed 11-29-1999) Penalty, see § 53.999