06- 096 C.M.R. ch. 856, § 6 Persons Not Required to Obtain a License

• Library: Maine Administrative Code
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through 2023-52, December 27, 2023
• Citation: 06- 096 C.M.R. ch. 856, § 6
• Year: 2023

The following persons are not required to obtain a license:

A. Generators of hazardous waste who accumulate hazardous waste on site for 90 days or less, as provided in 06-096 C.M.R. ch. 851, § 06Access to the Site8(B).

B. Farmers who dispose of hazardous waste pesticide residues from their own use as provided in 06-096 C.M.R. ch. 851, § 06Prohibitions4(C) and 06-096 C.M.R. ch. 851, § 06Application Requirements10.

C. Owners or operators of totally enclosed treatment facilities as defined in 40 C.F.R. §260.10.

D. Owners or operators of wastewater treatment units as defined in 40 C.F.R. §260.10 provided all the hazardous wastes and wastewaters treated in such units are generated on-site, the owners or operators are in compliance with 40 C.F.R. §264.17(b), and the owners and operators are in compliance and submit a certification to the Department prior to operating the wastewater treatment unit (or by June 30, 1995 for units operating before June 30, 1995) that they are in compliance with the following requirements:

(1) The wastewater treatment units and associated piping are constructed of materials compatible with the wastes managed in such units during routine and upset conditions;

(2) The wastewater treatment units must have a secondary containment system of sufficient capacity to contain whichever is greater; 110% of the capacity of the largest unit or 20% of the combined capacity of the wastewater treatment units, except that, secondary containment of sewer lines is not required;

(3) The wastewater treatment units are equipped with automatic high level alarms and such alarms are inspected and tested at least twice per year;

(4) Procedures for responding to the activation of the automatic high level alarms have been established that are sufficient to prevent a release of hazardous waste to the environment and the wastewater treatment units are operated within the parameters of the facility's design;

(5) The wastewater treatment system is subject to a water discharge license pursuant to 38 M.R.S §§413 through 414(B), Pretreatment Program, 06-096 C.M.R. ch. 528, or 40 C.F.R. §§403.8 and 403.9 (pretreatment agreement) containing limits on the hazardous characteristics and any hazardous constituents for which the waste is hazardous (see Appendix VII of 06-096 C.M.R....