Section 728.136  Waste-Specific Prohibitions:  Inorganic Chemical Wastes

a)         The wastes specified in 35 Ill. Adm. Code 721 as USEPA hazardous wastes numbers K176, K177, and K178, and soil and debris contaminated with these wastes, radioactive wastes mixed with these wastes, and soil and debris contaminated with radioactive wastes mixed with these wastes are prohibited from land disposal.

b)         The requirements of subsection (a) do not apply if any of the following applies to the waste:

1)         The wastes meet the applicable treatment standards specified in Subpart D;

2)         A person has been granted an exemption from a prohibition pursuant to a petition under Section 728.106, with respect to those wastes and units covered by the petition;

3)         The wastes meet the applicable treatment standards established pursuant to a petition granted under Section 728.144;

4)         Hazardous debris has met the treatment standards in Section 728.140 and Table T or the alternative treatment standards in Section 728.145; or

5)         A person has been granted an extension to the effective date of a prohibition pursuant to Section 728.105, with respect to these wastes covered by the extension.

c)         To determine whether a hazardous waste identified in this Section exceeds the applicable treatment standards specified in Section 728.140 and Table T, the initial generator must test a sample of the waste extract or the entire waste, depending on whether the treatment standards are expressed as concentrations in the waste extract or the waste, or the generator may use knowledge of the waste. If the waste contains regulated constituents in excess of the applicable levels of Subpart D, the waste is prohibited from land disposal, and all requirements of this part are applicable, except as otherwise specified.

(Source:  Amended at 42 Ill. Reg. 24924, effective November 19, 2018)