Introduced Version
SENATE BILL No. 372
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected:
IC 13-20-7-1.
Synopsis: Special waste. Prohibits a person that generates or disposes
of special waste from being required to conduct tests on the special
waste that exceed testing requirements described in certain federal
hazardous waste regulations if the special waste is disposed of in a
solid waste landfill cell or unit that meets or exceeds Subtitle D design
standards of the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
Prohibits a person that generates special waste that is disposed of at the
landfill from being required to conduct Level III QA/QC tests on the
special waste. Provides that, if the generator and the landfill operator
agree that the generator has sufficient knowledge to properly
characterize the waste, the generator and the landfill operator are not
required to conduct any tests on the special waste before the special
waste is disposed of at the landfill. Provides that, if the generator and
the landfill operator do not agree that the generator has sufficient
knowledge to properly characterize the waste: (1) the generator and the
landfill operator must agree on the number and types of tests that must
be conducted on the special waste; and (2) the generator must conduct
the tests on the special waste before the special waste is disposed of at
the solid waste landfill.
Effective: July 1, 2000.
January 10, 2000, read first time and referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs.
Introduced
Second Regular Session 111th General Assembly (2000)
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SENATE BILL No. 372
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
environmental law.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SECTION 1.
IC 13-20-7-1
, AS AMENDED BY P.L.224-1999,
SECTION 9, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2000]: Sec. 1. (a) A person may not be required to have
special waste certified for disposal:
(1) for a single shipment of special waste if:
(A) the special waste is generated by one (1) generator from
one (1) process;
(B) the quantity of special waste generated by the process is
less than one hundred (100) kilograms per month; and
(C) the quantity of special waste disposed of is less than one
thousand (1,000) kilograms per shipment; or
(2) if:
(A) the special waste is disposed of at a solid waste landfill
cell or unit that meets or exceeds Subtitle D design standards
of the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act as
provided in 40 CFR Part 258; and
(B) the disposal complies with section 7 of this chapter.
(b) A person that:
(1) generates special waste that is disposed of; or
(2) disposes of special waste;
at a solid waste landfill cell or unit described in subsection (a)(2)
may not be required to conduct tests on the special waste that
exceed testing requirements described in 40 CFR Parts 261
through 262.
(c) A person that generates special waste that is disposed of at
a solid waste landfill cell or unit described in subsection (a)(2) may
not be required to conduct Level III Quality Assurance/Quality
Control (QA/QC) tests on the special waste described in United
States Environmental Protection Agency publication "Data
Quality Objectives for Remedial Response Activities.".
(d) If:
(1) a person that generates special waste that is disposed of at
a solid waste landfill cell or unit described in subsection
(a)(2); and
(2) the person that operates the landfill;
agree that the person that generates the special waste has sufficient
knowledge to properly characterize the waste, the person that
generates the special waste and the person that operates the landfill
are not required to conduct any tests on the special waste before
the special waste is disposed of at the solid waste landfill.
(e) If a person that generates special waste that is disposed of at
a solid waste landfill cell or unit described in subsection (a)(2) and
the person that operates the landfill do not agree that the person
that generates the special waste has sufficient knowledge to
properly characterize the waste:
(1) the person that generates the special waste and the person
that operates the landfill shall agree on the number and types
of tests that must be conducted on the special waste; and
(2) the person that generates the special waste shall conduct
the tests on the special waste;
before the special waste is disposed of at the solid waste landfill.