RECORDKEEPING AND REPORTING
§ 289.301. Daily operational records.
(a) The operator of a facility shall make and maintain an operational record for each day that residual waste is received, processed or disposed, and each day that construction, monitoring or postclosure activity occurs. The operator of a captive residual waste facility may maintain a monthly operational record instead of a daily operational record for each month in which residual waste is received, processed or disposed, and each month that construction, monitoring or postclosure activity occurs. The monthly operational record shall contain the information required in subsection (b)(1)—(6).
(b) The operational record shall include the following:
(1) The type and weight or volume of the solid waste received.
(2) A description of waste handling problems or emergency disposal activities.
(3) A record of deviations from the approved design or operational plans.
(4) A record of activities for which entries are needed to comply with the annual operation report required in § 289.303 (relating to annual operation report).
(5) A record of actions taken to correct violations of the act, the environmental protection acts and this title.
(6) A record of rejected waste loads, the reason for rejecting the loads, and for noncaptive facilities, the name of the transporter and the name, mailing address, county and state of the generator shall also be included.
(7) For noncaptive facilities, the following:
(i) The transporters of the waste.
(ii) The name, mailing address, county and state of each generator of residual waste.
(iii) An analysis of the quality and quantity of leachate flowing from the impoundment into the leachate storage and treatment systems.
(iv) A record of each incident in which radioactive material is detected in waste loads. The record shall include:
(A) The date, time and location of the occurrence.
(B) A brief narrative description of the occurrence.
(C) Specific information on the origin of the material, if known.
(D) A description of the radioactive material involved, if known.
(E) The name, address and telephone numbers of the supplier or handler of the radioactive material and the name of the driver.
(F) The final disposition of the material.
(v) A record of each vehicle, other than a combination that exceeds 73,280 pounds gross weight and of each combination that exceeds 80,000 pounds gross weight.
(A) The record shall include:
(I) The gross weight of the vehicle when weighed at the facility.
(II) The registration plate number and home, or base state registration of the vehicle.
(III) The name, business address and telephone number of the owner of the vehicle.
(IV) The date that the weight scale was last tested in accordance with 3 Pa.C.S. Chapter 41 (relating to the Consolidated Weights and Measures Act).
(V) The date and time when the vehicle was weighed at the facility.
(B) For purposes of this subparagraph, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(I) Combination—Two or more vehicles physically interconnected in tandem. An example of a combination is a truck trailer attached to a semitrailer.
(II) Gross weight—The combined weight of a vehicle or combination of vehicles and its load excluding the driver’s weight.
(III) Registration—The authority for a vehicle to operate on a highway as evidenced by the issuance of an identifying card and plate or plates.
(c) The operator shall maintain accurate operational records sufficient to determine whether residual waste is being stored under Chapter 299, Subchapter A (relating to standards for storage of residual waste).
(d) Daily and monthly operational records shall be retained for the life of the facility bond, or longer if determined by the Department to be necessary to meet the standards of the environmental protection acts. These records shall be made available to the Department upon request.
Authority The provisions of this § 289.301 amended under the Solid Waste Management Act (35 P. S. § § 6108.101—6018.1003); the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act (53 P. S. § § 4000.101—4000.1904); The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. § § 691.1—691.1001); and the Infectious and Chemotherapeutic Waste Law (35 P. S. § § 6019.1—6019.6).
Source The provisions of this § 289.301 amended November 28, 1997, effective November 29, 1997, 27 Pa.B. 6190; amended January 12, 2001, effective January 13, 2001, 31 Pa.B. 235. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (239027) to (239028).
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