Section 724.210  Applicability

Except as Section 724.101 provides otherwise, the following are required:

a)         Section 724.211 through 724.215 (which concern closure) apply to the owners and operators of all hazardous waste management facilities;

b)         Sections 724.216 through 724.220 (which concern post-closure care) apply to the owners and operators of the following:

1)         All hazardous waste disposal facilities;

2)         Waste piles and surface impoundments from which the owner or operator intends to remove the wastes at closure, to the extent that Sections 724.216 through 724.220 are made applicable to such facilities in Sections 724.328 or 724.358;

3)         Tank systems that are required pursuant to Section 724.297 to meet the requirements for landfills; or

4)         Containment buildings that are required pursuant to Section 724.1102 to meet the requirements for landfills; and

c)         A permit or enforceable document can contain alternative requirements that replace all or part of the closure and post-closure care requirements of this Subpart G (and the unit-specific standards referenced in Section 724.211(c) applying to a regulated unit) with alternative requirements set out in a permit or other enforceable document, as provided pursuant to 35 Ill. Adm. Code 703.161, where the Board or Agency determines the following:

1)         The regulated unit is situated among solid waste management units (or areas of concern), a release has occurred, and both the regulated unit and one or more solid waste management units (or areas of concern) are likely to have contributed to the release; and

2)         It is not necessary to apply the closure requirements of this Subpart G (and those referenced herein) because the alternative requirements will adequately protect human health and the environment and will satisfy the closure performance standard of Section 724.211(a) and (b).

(Source:  Amended at 31 Ill. Reg. 893, effective December 20, 2006)