Guidance Manual for the Control of Wastes Hauled to Publicly Owned Treatment Works

By Environmental Protection Agency

Book Id: WPLBN0000125713
Format Type: PDF eBook:
File Size: 0.3 MB
Reproduction Date: 2007

Title:	Guidance Manual for the Control of Wastes Hauled to Publicly Owned Treatment Works
Author:	Environmental Protection Agency
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Ecology, Natural resource issues, Environemtal protection
Collections:	Environmental Awareness Library Collection
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Publisher:	United States Environmental Protection Agency


Citation APA MLA Chicago Protection Agency, B. E. (n.d.). Guidance Manual for the Control of Wastes Hauled to Publicly Owned Treatment Works. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
Excerpt: This project has been funded, at least in part, with Federal Funds from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) Office of Wastewater Management under Contract Number 68-C4-0068, Work Assignment Numbers PS-3-13 (P) and PS-4-13 (P). The mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

Table of Contents
CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 1.1 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 1.2 Purpose of Guidance Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 1.3 Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 2. COLLECTING WASTE HAULER INFORMATION, CHARACTERIZING HAULED WASTE, AND EVALUATING POTENTIAL IMPACTS TO TREATMENT PLANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 2.1 Collect Waste Hauler Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 2.1.1 Identify Waste Haulers Potentially Discharging to the POTW . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 2.1.2 Require Waste Haulers to Submit Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 2.1.3 Maintain Data and Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 2.2 Characterize Hauled Waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 2.2.1 Domestic Waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4 2.2.2 Non-Domestic Waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4 2.3 Evaluate Potential Impacts to Treatment Plant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12 2.3.1 Potential Impacts to Treatment Plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12 2.3.2 Determine Potential Impacts From Specific Waste Sources/Types . . . . . . 2-14 2.3.2.1 Determine Whether Waste Meets All Applicable Standards . . . . 2-17 2.3.2.2 Determine Whether Waste Has the Potential to Cause Pass Through or Interference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19 2.3.2.3 Determine Whether Waste Has Other Problem Characteristics . . 2-21 3. DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING CONTROLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 3.1 Legal Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 3.1.1 General Authority to Impose Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 3.1.2 Provisions Necessary for Controlling Waste Haulers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2 3.2 Active Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4 3.2.1 Controlled Designated Disposal Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4 3.2.1.1 Access, Hours of Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6 3.2.2 Application of Standards and Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6 3.2.2.1 Local Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6 3.2.2.2 Categorical Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7 3.2.3 Permits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9 3.2.3.1 Permit Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11 3.2.4 Monitoring Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12 3.2.4.1 Sample Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13 3.2.4.2 Sampling Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14 3.2.4.3 Testing Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16 3.2.5 Waste Tracking/Manifest System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18 3.2.6 Identification of Illegal Dischargers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .