Ill. Admin. Code tit. 35, § 724.414 - Special Requirements for Bulk and Containerized Liquids
a) The placement of
bulk or non-containerized liquid hazardous waste or hazardous waste containing
free liquids (whether or not sorbents have been added) in any landfill is
prohibited.
b) To demonstrate the
absence or presence of free liquids in either a containerized or a bulk waste,
the following test must be used: Method 9095B (Paint Filter Liquids Test), as
described in "Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Wastes, Physical/Chemical
Methods", USEPA publication number EPA-530/SW-846, incorporated by reference in
35 Ill. Adm. Code
720.111(a).
c) Containers holding free liquids must not
be placed in a landfill unless the following is true:
1) All free-standing liquid fulfills one of
the following:
A) It has been removed by
decanting or other methods;
B) It
has been mixed with sorbent or solidified so that free-standing liquid is no
longer observed; or
C) It has been
otherwise eliminated; or
2) The container is very small, such as an
ampule; or
3) The container is
designed to hold free liquids for use other than storage, such as a battery or
capacitor; or
4) The container is a
lab pack, as defined in Section
724.416,
and is disposed of in accordance with Section 724.416.
d) Sorbents used to treat free liquids to be
disposed of in landfills must be nonbiodegradable. Nonbiodegradable sorbents
are the following: materials listed or described in subsection (d)(1);
materials that pass one of the tests in subsection (d)(2); or materials that
are determined by the Board to be nonbiodegradable through the adjusted
standard procedure of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 104.
1) Nonbiodegradable sorbents are the
following:
A) Inorganic minerals, other
inorganic materials, and elemental carbon (e.g., aluminosilicates (clays,
smectites, Fuller's earth, bentonite, calcium bentonite, montmorillonite,
calcined montmorillonite, kaolinite, micas (illite), vermiculites, zeolites,
etc.), calcium carbonate (organic free limestone), oxides/hydroxides (alumina,
lime, silica (sand), diatomaceous earth, etc.), perlite (volcanic glass),
expanded volcanic rock, volcanic ash, cement kiln dust, fly ash, rice hull ash,
activated charcoal (activated carbon), etc.); or
B) High molecular weight synthetic polymers
(e.g., polyethylene, high density polyethylene (HDPE), polypropylene,
polystrene, polyurethane, polyacrylate, polynorborene, polyisobutylene, ground
synthetic rubber, cross-linked allylstrene and tertiary butyl copolymers,
etc.). This does not include polymers derived from biological material or
polymers specifically designed to be degradable; or
C) Mixtures of these nonbiodegradable
materials.
2) Tests for
nonbiodegradable sorbents are the following:
A) The sorbent material is determined to be
nonbiodegradable under ASTM Method G21-70 (1984a) (Standard Practice for
Determining Resistance of Synthetic Polymer Materials to Fungi), incorporated
by reference in 35 Ill. Adm. Code
720.111(a);
B) The sorbent material is determined to be
nonbiodegradable under ASTM Method G22-76 (1984b) (Standard Practice for
Determining Resistance of Plastics to Bacteria), incorporated by reference in
35 Ill. Adm. Code
720.111(a);
or
C) The sorbent material is
determined to be non-biodegradable under OECD Guideline for Testing of
Chemicals, Method 301B (CO2 Evolution (Modified Sturm
Test)), incorporated by reference in 35 Ill. Adm. Code
720.111(a).
e) The placement of any
liquid that is not a hazardous waste in a hazardous waste landfill is
prohibited (35 Ill. Adm. Code
729.311
), unless the Board finds that the owner or operator has demonstrated the
following in a petition for an adjusted standard pursuant to Section 28.1 of
the Act and 35 Ill. Adm. Code 101 and 104:
1)
The only reasonably available alternative to the placement in a hazardous waste
landfill is placement in a landfill or unlined surface impoundment, whether or
not permitted or operating under interim status, that contains or which may
reasonably be anticipated to contain hazardous waste; and
2) Placement in the hazardous waste landfill
will not present a risk of contamination of any "underground source of drinking
water" (as that term is defined in 35 Ill. Adm. Code
702.110 ).
Notes
Amended at 35 Ill. Reg. 17965, effective October 14, 2011
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