Rule 3745-205-90 | Reporting - air emission standards for tanks, surface impoundments, and containers.
(A) Each owner or operator managing hazardous waste in a tank, surface impoundment, or container exempted from using air emission controls under paragraph (C) of rule 3745-205-82 of the Administrative Code shall report to the director each occurrence when hazardous waste is placed in the waste management unit in non-compliance with the conditions specified in paragraph (C)(1) or (C)(2) of rule 3745-205-82 of the Administrative Code, as applicable. Examples of such occurrences include placing in the waste management unit a hazardous waste having an average VO concentration equal to or greater than five hundred parts per million by weight (ppmw) at the point of waste origination; or placing in the waste management unit a treated hazardous waste of which the organic content has been reduced by an organic destruction or removal process that fails to achieve the applicable conditions specified in paragraphs (C)(2)(a) to (C)(2)(f) of rule 3745-205-82 of the Administrative Code. The owner or operator shall submit a written report within fifteen calendar days of the time that the owner or operator becomes aware of the occurrence. The written report shall contain the U.S. EPA identification number, facility name and address, a description of the non-compliance event and the cause, the dates of the non-compliance, and the actions taken to correct the non-compliance and prevent recurrence of the non-compliance. The report shall be signed and dated by an authorized representative of the owner or operator.
(B) Each owner or operator using air emission controls on a tank in accordance with the requirements of paragraph (C) of rule 3745-205-84 of the Administrative Code shall report to the director each occurrence when hazardous waste is managed in the tank in non-compliance with the conditions specified in paragraph (B) of rule 3745-205-84 of the Administrative Code. The owner or operator shall submit a written report within fifteen calendar days of the time that the owner or operator becomes aware of the occurrence. The written report shall contain the U.S. EPA identification number, facility name and address, a description of the non-compliance event and the cause, the dates of the non-compliance, and the actions taken to correct the non-compliance and prevent recurrence of the non-compliance. The report shall be signed and dated by an authorized representative of the owner or operator.
(C) Each owner or operator using a control device in accordance with the requirements of rule 3745-205-87 of the Administrative Code shall submit a semi-annual written report to the director excepted as provided for in paragraph (D) of this rule. The report shall describe each occurrence during the previous six-month period when either:
(1) A control device is operated continuously for twenty-four hours or longer in non-compliance with the applicable operating values defined in paragraph (C)(4) of rule 3745-205-35 of the Administrative Code; or
(2) A flare is operated with visible emissions for five minutes or longer in a two-hour period, as defined in paragraph (D) of rule 3745-205-33 of the Administrative Code. The written report shall include the U.S. EPA identification number, facility name and address, and an explanation why the control device could not be returned to compliance within twenty-four hours, and actions taken to correct the non-compliance. The report shall be signed and dated by an authorized representative of the owner or operator.
(D) A report to the director in accordance with the requirements of paragraph (C) of this rule is not required for a six-month period during which all control devices subject to rules 3745-20-80 to 3745-205-90 of the Administrative Code are operated by the owner or operator such that:
(1) During no period of twenty-four hours or longer did a control device operate continuously in non-compliance with the applicable operating values defined in paragraph (C)(4) of rule 3745-205-35 of the Administrative Code; and
(2) No flare was operated with visible emissions for five minutes or longer in a two-hour period, as defined in paragraph (D) of rule 3745-205-33 of the Administrative Code.
Last updated June 12, 2023 at 9:36 AM
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