WAC 173-303-300
General waste analysis. (1) Purpose. This section requires the facility owner or operator to
confirm his knowledge about a dangerous waste before he
stores, treats, or disposes of it. The purpose for the
analysis is to insure that a dangerous waste is managed
properly.
(2) The owner or operator must obtain a detailed
chemical, physical, and/or biological analysis of a dangerous
waste, or nondangerous wastes if applicable under WAC 173-303-610 (4)(d), before they store, treat, or dispose of
it. This analysis must contain the information necessary to
manage the waste in accordance with the requirements of this
chapter. The analysis must include or consist of existing
published or documented data on the dangerous waste, or on
waste generated from similar processes, or data obtained by
testing, or a combination of these.
(a) When an owner or operator relies on knowledge from
the generator for waste designation or for this detailed
analysis (commonly known as a waste profile) instead of
analytical testing of a sample, that information must be
documented and must meet the definition of "knowledge" as
defined in WAC 173-303-040. To confirm the sufficiency and
reliability of the "knowledge" used for the waste profile, the
facility must do one or more of the following:
(i) Be familiar with the generator's processes by
conducting site visits, and reviewing sampling data and other
information provided by the generator to ensure they are
adequate for safe management of the waste;
(ii) Ensure waste analysis contained in documented
studies on the generator's waste is based on representative
and appropriate sampling and test methods;
(iii) Compare the generator's waste generating process to
documented studies of similar waste generating processes to
ensure the waste profile is accurate and current;
(iv) Obtain other information as predetermined by the
department on a case-by-case basis to be equivalent.
(b) As required in WAC 173-303-380 (1)(c), records must
be retained containing specific information that show
compliance with this subsection for sufficient and reliable
information on the waste whether the owner or operator relies
on analytical testing of the waste or knowledge from the
generator, or a combination of these.
(3) The owner or operator of an off-site facility must
confirm, by analysis if necessary, that each dangerous waste
received at the facility matches the identity of the waste
specified on the accompanying manifest or shipping paper.
(4) Analysis must be repeated as necessary to ensure that
it is accurate and current. At a minimum, analysis must be
repeated:
(a) When the owner or operator has been notified, or has
reason to believe, that the process or operation generating
the dangerous waste, or nondangerous wastes if applicable
under WAC 173-303-610 (4)(d), has significantly changed; and
(b) When a dangerous waste received at an off-site
facility does not match the identity of the waste specified on
the manifest or the shipping paper.
(5) Waste analysis plan. The owner or operator must
develop and follow a written waste analysis plan which
describes the procedures he will use to comply with the waste
analysis requirements of subsections (1), (2), (3), and (4) of
this section. He must keep this plan at the facility, and the
plan must contain at least:
(a) The parameters for which each dangerous waste, or
nondangerous waste if applicable under WAC 173-303-610 (4)(d),
will be analyzed, and the rationale for selecting these
parameters (i.e., how analysis for these parameters will
provide sufficient information on the waste's properties to
comply with subsections (1) through (4) of this section);
(b) The methods of obtaining or testing for these
parameters;
(c) The methods for obtaining representative samples of
wastes for analysis (representative sampling methods are
discussed in WAC 173-303-110(2));
(d) The frequency with which analysis of a waste will be
reviewed or repeated to ensure that the analysis is accurate
and current;
(e) The waste analyses which generators have agreed to
supply;
(f) Where applicable, the methods for meeting the
additional waste analysis requirements for specific waste
management methods as specified in WAC 173-303-400(3) which
incorporates by reference the regulations in 40 CFR Part 265
Subparts F through R 265.1034, 265.1063(d), 265.1084, 268.4(a)
and 268.7 for interim status facilities and in WAC 173-303-140
(4)(b), 173-303-395(1), 173-303-630 through 173-303-670, and
40 CFR 264.1034, 264.1063(d), 264.1083, 268.4(a) and 268.7 for
final status facilities;
(g) For off-site facilities, the waste analysis that
dangerous waste generators have agreed to supply;
(h) For surface impoundments exempted from land disposal
restrictions under 40 CFR 268.4(a), incorporated by reference
in WAC 173-303-140(2), the procedures and schedules for:
(i) The sampling of impoundment contents;
(ii) The analysis of test data; and
(iii) The annual removal of residues that are not
delisted under 40 CFR 260.22 or which exhibit a characteristic
of hazardous waste and either:
(A) Do not meet applicable treatment standards of 40 CFR
Part 268, Subpart D; or
(B) Where no treatment standards have been established;
(I) Such residues are prohibited from land disposal under
40 CFR 268.32 or RCRA section 3004(d); or
(II) Such residues are prohibited from land disposal
under 40 CFR 268.33(f).
(i) For owners and operators seeking an exemption to the
air emission standards of subpart CC in accordance with Sec.
264.1082, incorporated by reference at WAC 173-303-692, or
with 265.1083, incorporated by reference at WAC 173-303-400
(3)(a):
(A) If direct measurement is used for the waste determination,
the procedures and schedules for waste sampling and analysis,
and the results of the analysis of test data to verify the
exemption.
(B) If knowledge of the waste is used for the waste
determination, any information prepared by the facility owner
or operator or by the generator of the hazardous waste, if the
waste is received from off-site, that is used as the basis for
knowledge of the waste.
(6) For off-site facilities, the waste analysis plan
required in subsection (5) of this section must also specify
the procedures which will be used to inspect and, if
necessary, analyze each movement of hazardous waste received
at the facility to ensure that it matches the identity of the
waste designated on the accompanying manifest or shipping
paper. At a minimum, the plan must describe:
(a) The procedures which will be used to determine the
identity of each movement of waste managed at the facility;
(b) The sampling method which will be used to obtain a
representative sample of the waste to be identified, if the
identification method includes sampling; and
(c) The procedures that the owner or operator of an
off-site landfill receiving containerized hazardous waste will
use to determine whether a hazardous waste generator or
treater has added a biodegradable sorbent to the waste in the
container.
Comment:
WAC 173-303-806 requires that the waste analysis plan be submitted with Part B of the permit application.