Full Document:
RCRA Online Number: 12748
Title: RESPONSES TO ACCIDENTAL SPILLS OF LISTED OR CHARACTERISTIC HAZARDOUS WASTES
Document Date: 1986-09-29
To: Hansen
From: Porter
Organization of Recipient: Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
Description: An authorized official may approve the removal of a transportation spill without an EPA ID number or a manifest in an emergency. The transporter must respond immediately. A summary of the exemption from the sections 264 and 265 standards for immediate responses to hazardous waste discharges. Spills should be addressed in accordance with the contingency plan. Spills that are not cleaned up become land disposal sites subject to permitting. There is no definition of immediate response. Spill areas where hazardous waste is treated, disposed, or stored past an immediate response phase are subject to interim status and permitting standards. RCRA regulations do not specify the cleanup standards for spill situations.
Regulatory Citation(s): 264.1(g)(8), 262.20, 263.30
RPPC Number: 9471.1986(01)
Official ORCR Policy: Yes
Associated Topic(s):
Cleanup (RCRA),
EPA Forms,
Generators,
Hazardous Waste,
Large Quantity Generators (LQG),
Transporters |