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3745-50-10 Definitions and computation of time. (A) As used in the hazardous waste rules: (1) "Aboveground tank" means a device meeting that meets the definition of "tank" in this rule and that is situated in such a way that the entire surface area of the tank is completely above the plane of the adjacent surrounding surface and the entire surface area of the tank (including the tank bottom) is able to be visually inspected. (2) "Active life of a facility" means the period from the initial receipt of hazardous waste at the facility until the director receives certification of final closure. (3) "Active portion" means that portion of a facility where treatment, storage, or disposal operations are being or have been conducted after April 15, 1981 and which is not a closed portion. (See also "closed portion" and "inactive portion.") (4) "Administrator" means the administrator of the U.S. EPA, or the administrator's authorized representative. (5) "Aerosol container" means a non-opening, non-refillable container that holds a substance under pressure and that can release the substance as a spray, gel, or foam by means of a propellant gas, for example nitrogen. (5) (6) "Ancillary equipment" means any device including, but not limited to, such devices as piping, fittings, flanges, valves, and pumps, that is used to distribute, meter, or control the flow of hazardous waste from its the point of generation to a storage or treatment tank, between hazardous waste storage and treatment tanks to a point of disposal on-site, or to a point of shipment for disposal off-site. (7) "Antifreeze" means propylene glycol or ethylene glycol, including aggregated batches of propylene glycol or ethylene glycol, used as a heat transfer medium in an internal combustion engine; heating, ventilating, and air conditioning units; and electronics cooling applications; or used for winterizing equipment. (6) (8) "Applicable law" means any applicable provisions of Chapters 3704., 3734., 3745., 6109., and 6111. of the Revised Code; the rules promulgated thereunder; orders of the director; the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6921; the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. 2601; the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. 300f; the Clean Water Act, and the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401; and the regulations of the administrator promulgated thereunder. ACTION: Final DATE: 01/10/2018 12:14 PM [ stylesheet: rule.xsl 2.14, authoring tool: i4i 2.0 ras3 Aug 30, 2017 12:16, (dv: 0, p: 175205, pa: 318778, ra: 535818, d: 690986)] print date: 01/10/2018 9:00 PM

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3745-50-10 Definitions and computation of time.

(A) As used in the hazardous waste rules:

(1) "Aboveground tank" means a device meetingthat meets the definition of "tank"in this rule and that is situated in such a way that the entire surface area of thetank is completely above the plane of the adjacent surrounding surface and theentire surface area of the tank (including the tank bottom) is able to be visuallyinspected.

(2) "Active life of a facility" means the period from the initial receipt of hazardouswaste at the facility until the director receives certification of final closure.

(3) "Active portion" means that portion of a facility where treatment, storage, ordisposal operations are being or have been conducted after April 15, 1981 andwhich is not a closed portion. (See also "closed portion" and "inactive portion.")

(4) "Administrator" means the administrator of the U.S. EPA, or the administrator'sauthorized representative.

(5) "Aerosol container" means a non-opening, non-refillable container that holds asubstance under pressure and that can release the substance as a spray, gel, orfoam by means of a propellant gas, for example nitrogen.

(5)(6) "Ancillary equipment" means any device including, but not limited to, suchdevices as piping, fittings, flanges, valves, and pumps, that is used to distribute,meter, or control the flow of hazardous waste from itsthe point of generationto a storage or treatment tank, between hazardous waste storage and treatmenttanks to a point of disposal on-site, or to a point of shipment for disposal off-site.

(7) "Antifreeze" means propylene glycol or ethylene glycol, including aggregatedbatches of propylene glycol or ethylene glycol, used as a heat transfer mediumin an internal combustion engine; heating, ventilating, and air conditioningunits; and electronics cooling applications; or used for winterizing equipment.

(6)(8) "Applicable law" means any applicable provisions of Chapters 3704., 3734.,3745., 6109., and 6111. of the Revised Code; the rules promulgated thereunder;orders of the director; the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C.6921; the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. 2601; the Safe DrinkingWater Act, 42 U.S.C. 300f; the Clean Water Act, and the Clean Air Act, 42U.S.C. 7401; and the regulations of the administrator promulgated thereunder.

ACTION: Final DATE: 01/10/2018 12:14 PM

[ stylesheet: rule.xsl 2.14, authoring tool: i4i 2.0 ras3 Aug 30, 2017 12:16, (dv: 0, p: 175205, pa: 318778, ra: 535818, d: 690986)] print date: 01/10/2018 9:00 PM

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(7)(9) "Aquifer" means a geologic formation, group of formations, or part of aformation capable of yielding a significant amount of ground water to wells orsprings.

(8)(10) "Authorized representative of a facility" means an individual responsible forthe overall operation of a facility or an operational unit (i.e., part of a facility),e.g., the plant manager, superintendent, or person of equivalent responsibility.

(9)(11) "Battery" means a device, consisting of one or more electrically connectedelectrochemical cells, which is designed to receive, store, and deliver electricenergy. An electrochemical cell is a system consisting of an anode, cathode,and an electrolyte, plus such connections (electrical and mechanical) as may beneeded to allow the cell to deliver or receive electrical energy. The term batteryalso includes an intact, unbroken battery from which the electrolyte has beenremoved.

(10)(12) "Boiler" means an enclosed device using controlled flame combustion andhaving either of the following characteristics:

(a) The unit shall:

(i) Have physical provisions for recovering and exporting thermal energyin the form of steam, heated fluids, or heated gases.

(ii) Have a combustion chamber and primary energy recovery sectionsthat are of integral design. To be of integral design the combustionchamber and the primary energy recovery section (such aswaterwalls and superheaters) shall be physically formed into onemanufactured or assembled unit. A unit in which the combustionchamber and the primary energy recovery section are joinedonly by ducts or connections carrying flue gas is not integrallydesigned; however, secondary energy recovery equipment (such aseconomizers or air preheaters) need not be physically formed intothe same unit as the combustion chamber and the primary energyrecovery section. The following units are not precluded from beingboilers solely because the units are not of integral design: processheaters (units that transfer energy directly to a process stream), andfluidized bed combustion units.

(iii) While in operation, maintain a thermal energy recovery efficiency ofat least sixty per cent, calculated in terms of the recovered energycompared with the thermal value of the fuel.

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(iv) Export and utilize at least seventy-five per cent of the recoveredenergy, calculated on an annual basis. In this calculation, no creditshall be given for recovered heat used internally in the same unit(examples of internal use are the preheating of fuel or combustionair, and the driving of induced or forced draft fans or feed-waterpumps).

(b) The unit is one which the director, on a case-by-case basis, and afterconsidering the standards in rule 3745-50-25 of the Administrative Code,has determined to be a boiler.

(11)(13) "Carbon dioxide stream" means carbon dioxide that has been captured froman emissions source (e.g., power plant), plus incidental associated substancesderived from the source materials and the capture process, and any substancesadded to the stream to enable or improve the injection process.

(12)(14) "Carbon regeneration unit" means any enclosed thermal treatment deviceused to regenerate spent activated carbon.

(13)(15) "CERCLA" means the Comprehensive Environmental Response,Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C. 9601 as amended throughthe date specified in rule 3745-50-11 of the Administrative Code.

(14)(16) "Certification" means a statement of professional opinion based uponknowledge and belief.

(15)(17) "Clean Water Act" or "Clean Water Act of 1977" means the Federal WaterPollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, 86 Stat. 886, 33 U.S.C. 1251, asamended through the date specified in rule 3745-50-11 of the AdministrativeCode by the Clean Water Act of 1977, 91 Stat. 1566, 33 U.S.C. 1251, asamended through the date specified in rule 3745-50-11 of the AdministrativeCode.

(16)(18) "Closed portion" means that portion of a facility which an owner or operatorhas closed in accordance with the approved facility closure plan and allapplicable closure requirements in the hazardous waste rules. (See also "activeportion" and "inactive portion.")

(17)(19) "Component" means either the tank or ancillary equipment of a tank system.

(18)(20) "Confined aquifer" means an aquifer bounded above and below byimpermeable beds or by beds of distinctly lower permeability than that of theaquifer itself; an aquifer containing confined ground water.

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(19)(21) "Container" means any portable device in which a material is stored,transported, treated, disposed of, or otherwise handled.

(20)(22) "Containment building" means a hazardous waste management unit thatis used to store or treat hazardous waste under rules 3745-205-100 to3745-205-102 or 3745-256-100 to 3745-256-102 of the Administrative Code.

(21)(23) "Contingency plan" means a document setting out an organized, planned,and coordinated course of action to be followed in case of a fire, explosion,or release of hazardous waste or hazardous waste constituents which couldthreaten human health or the environment.

(22)(24) "Corrosion expert" means a person who, by reason of that person'sknowledge of the physical sciences and the principles of engineering andmathematics, acquired by a professional education and related practicalexperience, is qualified to engage in the practice of corrosion control on buriedor submerged metal piping systems and metal tanks. Such a person shall becertified as being qualified by the "National Association of Corrosion Engineers(NACE)" or be a professional engineer who has certification or licensing thatincludes education and experience in corrosion control on buried or submergedmetal piping systems and metal tanks.

(23)(25) "CRT" or "cathode ray tube" means a vacuum tube, composed primarily ofglass, which is the visual or video display component of an electronic device.A "used, intact CRT" means a CRT whosefor which the vacuum has not beenreleased. A "used, broken CRT" means glass removed from itsthe housing orcasing whosefor which the vacuum has been released. Used CRTs are "spentmaterials" as defined in rule 3745-51-01 of the Administrative Code.

(24)(26) "CRT collector" means a person who receives used, intact CRTs forrecycling, repair, resale, or donation.

(25)(27) Reserved."CRT exporter" means any person in the United States whoinitiates a transaction to send used CRTs outside the United States or theterritories of the United States for recycling or reuse, or any intermediary in theUnited States arranging for such export.

(26)(28) "CRT glass manufacturer" means an operation or part of an operation thatuses a furnace to manufacture CRT glass.

(27)(29) "CRT processing" means conducting all of the following activities:

(a) Receiving broken or intact CRTs.

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(b) Intentionally breaking intact CRTs or further breaking or separating brokenCRTs.

(c) Sorting or otherwise managing glass removed from CRT monitors.

(28)(30) "Designated facility" means:

(a) A hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facility which:

(i) Has received an Ohio hazardous waste permit or is deemed to have apermit by rule, or

(ii) In another state, has attained interim status or is operating undera permit or license issued in accordance with the ResourceConservation and Recovery Act, or

(iii) Is regulated under paragraph (C)(2) of rule 3745-51-06 or rule3745-266-70 of the Administrative Code, and

(iv) Has been designated on the manifest by the generator pursuant to rule3745-52-20 of the Administrative Code.

(b) A generator site designated on the manifest to receive itsthe waste as a returnshipment from a facility that has rejected the waste in accordance withparagraph (F) of rule 3745-54-72 or paragraph (F) of rule 3745-65-72 ofthe Administrative Code.

(c) If a waste is destined to a facility in an authorized state which has not yetobtained authorization to regulate that particular waste as hazardous, thenthe designated facility is required to be a facility allowed by the receivingstate to accept such waste.

(29)(31) "Destination facility" means a facility that treats, disposes of, or recyclesa particular category of universal waste, except those management activitiesdescribed in paragraphs (A) and (C) and (E), (F), and (G) of rule 3745-273-13and paragraphs (A) and (C) and (E), (F), and (G) of rule 3745-273-33 of theAdministrative Code. A facility at which a particular category of universalwaste is only accumulated, is not a destination facility for purposes of managingthat category of universal waste.

(30)(32) "Dike" means an embankment or ridge of either natural or man-madematerials used to prevent the movement of liquids, sludges, solids, or othermaterials.

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(31)(33) "Dioxins and furans" or "(D/F)" means tetra-, penta-, hexa-, hepta-, and octa-chlorinated dibenzo dioxins and furans.

(32)(34) "Director" means the director of Ohio EPA, or the director's authorizedrepresentative.

(33)(35) "Discharge" or "hazardous waste discharge" means the accidental orintentional spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, or dumpingof hazardous waste into or on any land or water.

(34)(36) "Disposal" means the discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling,leaking, or placing of any hazardous waste into or on any land or water or air sothat such hazardous waste or any constituent thereof may enter the environmentor be emitted into the air or discharged into any waters, including groundwaters, except where such activity constitutes "storage" as defined in this ruleor "treatment" as defined in this rule.

(35)(37) "Disposal facility" or "hazardous waste disposal facility" means a facilityor part of a facility at which hazardous waste is intentionally placed into or onany land or water or air, and at which waste will remain after closure. The term"disposal facility" does not include a corrective action management unit intowhich remediation wastes are placed.

(36)(38) "Drip pad" is an engineered structure consisting of a curbed, free-drainingbase, constructed of non-earthen materials, and designed to convey preservativekick-back or drippage from treated wood, precipitation, and surface water run-on to an associated collection system at wood preserving plants.

(37)(39) "Elementary neutralization unit" means a device which both:

(a) Is used for neutralizing wastes that are hazardous only because the wastesexhibit the characteristic of corrosivity identified in rule 3745-51-22 ofthe Administrative Code, or the wastes are listed as a hazardous wastein rules 3745-51-30 to 3745-51-35 of the Administrative Code only forthis reason.

(b) Meets the definition of "tank," "tank system," "container," "transportvehicle," or "vessel" in this rule.

(38)(40) "EPA hazardous waste number" means the number assigned by U.S. EPAto each hazardous waste listed in rules 3745-51-30 to 3745-51-35 of theAdministrative Code and to each characteristic identified in rules 3745-51-20to 3745-51-24 of the Administrative Code.

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(39)(41) "Equivalent method" means any testing or analytical method approved bythe administrator under 40 CFR 260.20 and 40 CFR 260.21.

(40)(42) "Existing hazardous waste management facility" or "existing facility" or "inexistence" means a facility which was in operation or for which constructioncommenced on or before the effective date of statutory or regulatory changesunder Chapter 3734. of the Revised Code which make the owner or operatorof the facility subject to hazardous waste permitting requirements. The owneror operator has commenced construction of the facility if the owner or operatorhas obtained the federal, state, and local approvals or permits necessary to beginphysical construction, and either of the following has occurred:

(a) A continuous, on-site, physical construction program has begun.

(b) The owner or operator has entered into contractual obligations- whichcannot be cancelled or modified without substantial loss- for physicalconstruction of the facility to be completed within a reasonable time.

(41)(43) "Existing portion" means that waste management unit into which wasteshave been placed prior to final administrative disposition of the permit pursuantto the "Part B" permit requirements.

(42)(44) "Existing tank system" or "existing component" means a tank system orcomponent that is used for the storage or treatment of hazardous waste and thatis in operation, or for which installation has commenced on or prior to July14, 1986. Installation will be considered to have commenced if the owner oroperator has obtained all federal, state, and local approvals or permits necessaryto begin physical construction of the site or installation of the tank system andif either of the following has occurred:

(a) A continuous on-site physical construction or installation program hasbegun.

(b) The owner or operator has entered into contractual obligations, whichcannot be cancelled or modified without substantial loss, for physicalconstruction of the site or installation of the tank system to be completedwithin a reasonable time.

(43)(45) "Explosives or munitions emergency" means a situation involvingthe suspected or detected presence of unexploded ordnance, damaged ordeteriorated explosives or munitions, an improvised explosive device (IED),other potentially explosive material or device, or other potentially harmfulmilitary chemical munitions or device, that creates an actual or potential

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imminent threat to human health, including safety, or the environment,including property, as determined by an explosives or munitions emergencyresponse specialist. Such situations may require immediate and expeditiousaction by an explosives or munitions emergency response specialist to control,mitigate, or eliminate the threat.

(44)(46) "Explosives or munitions emergency response" means all immediateresponse activities by an explosives and munitions emergency responsespecialist to control, mitigate, or eliminate the actual or potential threatencountered during an explosives or munitions emergency. An explosives ormunitions emergency response may include in-place render-safe procedures,treatment, or destruction of the explosives or munitions, or transporting thoseitems to another location to be rendered safe, treated, or destroyed. Anyreasonable delay in the completion of an explosives or munitions emergencyresponse caused by a necessary, unforeseen, or uncontrollable circumstancewill not terminate the explosives or munitions emergency. Explosives andmunitions emergency responses can occur on either public or private lands andare not limited to responses at hazardous waste facilities.

(45)(47) "Explosives or munitions emergency response specialist" means anindividual trained in chemical or conventional munitions or explosiveshandling, transportation, render-safe procedures, or destruction techniques."Explosives or munitions emergency response specialists" include departmentof defense (DOD) emergency explosive ordnance disposal (EOD), technicalescort unit (TEU), and DOD-certified civilian or contractor personnel; andother federal, state, or local government, or civilian personnel similarly trainedin explosives or munitions emergency responses.

(46)(48) "Facility" or "hazardous waste facility" means:

(a) All contiguous land, and structures, other appurtenances, and improvementson the land, used for treating, storing, or disposing of hazardous waste. Afacility may consist of several treatment, storage, or disposal operationalunits (e.g., one or more landfills, surface impoundments, or combinationsof themthese).

(b) For the purpose of implementing corrective action under rule 3745-54-101of the Administrative Code, all contiguous property under the control ofthe owner or operator seeking a permit under the hazardous waste rules.This definition also applies to facilities implementing corrective actionunder Section 3008(h) of RCRA or section 3734.20 of the Revised Code.

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(c) Notwithstanding subparagraph (b) of this definition, a remediation wastemanagement site is not a facility that is subject to rule 3745-54-101 ofthe Administrative Code, but is subject to corrective action requirementsif the site is located within such a facility.

(47)(49) "Federal agency" means any department, agency, or other instrumentalityof the federal government, any independent agency or establishment of thefederal government including any government corporation, and the governmentprinting office.

(48)(50) "Final closure" means the closure of all hazardous waste management unitsat the facility in accordance with all applicable closure requirements in thehazardous waste rules so that hazardous waste management activities underChapters 3745-54 to 3745-57, 3745-65 to 3745-69, 3745-205, and 3745-256 ofthe Administrative Code are no longer conducted at the facility unless subjectto rule 3745-52-34 of the Administrative Code.

(49)(51) "Food-chain crops" means tobacco, crops grown for human consumption,and crops grown for feed for animals whosethat produce products that areconsumed by humans.

(50)(52) "Freeboard" means the vertical distance between the top of a tank or surfaceimpoundment dike, and the surface of the waste contained therein.

(51)(53) "Free liquids" means liquids which readily separate from the solid portionof a waste under ambient temperature and pressure.

(52) Reserved.

(53)(54) "Generator" means any person, by site, whose act or process produceshazardous waste identified or listed in Chapter 3745-51 of the AdministrativeCode or whose act first causes a hazardous waste to become subject to thehazardous waste rules.

(54)(55) "Ground water" means water below the land surface in a zone of saturation.

(55)(56) "Hazardous constituents" means those constituents listed in the appendix torule 3745-51-11 of the Administrative Code.

(56)(57) "Hazardous waste" means a "hazardous waste" as defined in rule 3745-51-03of the Administrative Code.

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(57)(58) "Hazardous waste constituent" means a constituent that caused the directoror the administrator to list the hazardous waste in rules 3745-51-30 to3745-51-35 of the Administrative Code, or a constituent listed in the table inrule 3745-51-24 of the Administrative Code.

(58)(59) "Hazardous waste management unit" means a contiguous area of landon or in which hazardous waste is placed, or the largest area in whichthere is significant likelihood of mixing hazardous waste constituents in thesame area. Examples of hazardous waste management units include a surfaceimpoundment, a waste pile, a land treatment area, a landfill cell, an incinerator,a tank and itsthe associated piping and underlying containment system and acontainer storage area. A container alone does not constitute a unit; the unitincludes containers and the land or pad upon which the containers are placed.

(59)(60) "Hazardous waste rules" means the rules in Chapters 3745-50, 3745-51,3745-52, 3745-53, 3745-54, 3745-55, 3745-56, 3745-57, 3745-65, 3745-66,3745-67, 3745-68, 3745-69, 3745-205, 3745-256, 3745-266, 3745-270,3745-273, and 3745-279 of the Administrative Code.

(60)(61) "Inactive portion" means that portion of a facility which is not operated afterApril 15, 1981. (See also "active portion" and "closed portion.")

(61)(62) "Incinerator" means any enclosed device that either:

(a) Uses controlled flame combustion and neither meets the criteria forclassification as a boiler, sludge dryer, or carbon regeneration unit, nor islisted as an industrial furnace.

(b) Meets the definition of "infrared incinerator" or "plasma arc incinerator" inthis rule.

(62)(63) "Incompatible waste" means a hazardous waste which is unsuitable foreither:

(a) Placement in a particular device or facility because itthe waste may causecorrosion or decay of containment materials (e.g., container inner linersor tank walls).

(b) Commingling with another waste or material under uncontrolled conditionsbecause the commingling may produce heat or pressure, fire or explosion,violent reaction, toxic dusts, mists, fumes, or gases, or flammable fumesor gases. (See the appendix to rule 3745-55-99 and the appendix to rule3745-66-99 of the Administrative Code for examples.)

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(63)(64) "Individual generation site" means the contiguous site at or on which one ormore hazardous wastes are generated. An individual generation site, such as alarge manufacturing plant, may have one or more sources of hazardous wastebut is considered a single or individual generation site if the site or propertyis contiguous.

(64)(65) "Industrial furnace" means any of the following enclosed devices that areintegral components of manufacturing processes and that use thermal treatmentto accomplish recovery of materials or energy:

(a) Cement kilns.

(b) Lime kilns.

(c) Aggregate kilns.

(d) Phosphate kilns.

(e) Coke ovens.

(f) Blast furnaces.

(g) Smelting, melting, and refining furnaces (including pyrometallurgicaldevices such as cupolas, reverberator furnaces, sintering machine,roasters, and foundry furnaces).

(h) Titanium dioxide chloride process oxidation reactors.

(i) Methane reforming furnaces.

(j) Pulping liquor recovery furnaces.

(k) Combustion devices used in the recovery of sulfur values from spent sulfuricacid.

(l) Halogen acid furnaces (HAFs) for the production of acid from halogenatedhazardous waste generated by chemical production facilities where thefurnace is located on the site of a chemical production facility, the acidproduct has a halogen acid content of at least three per cent, the acidproduct is used in a manufacturing process, and, except for hazardouswaste burned as fuel, hazardous waste fed to the furnace has a minimumhalogen content of twenty per cent as-generated.

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(m) Such other devices as the administrator may, after notice and comment,add to this list on the basis of one or more of the following factors:

(i) The design and use of the device primarily to accomplish recovery ofmaterial products.

(ii) The use of the device to burn or reduce raw materials to make amaterial product.

(iii) The use of the device to burn or reduce secondary materials aseffective substitutes for raw materials in processes using rawmaterials as principal feedstocks.

(iv) The use of the device to burn or reduce secondary materials asingredients in an industrial process to make a material product.

(v) The use of the device in common industrial practice to produce amaterial product.

(vi) Other factors as appropriate.

(65)(66) "Infrared incinerator" means any enclosed device that uses electric poweredresistance heaters as a source of radiant heat followed by an afterburner usingcontrolled flame combustion and which is not listed as an industrial furnace.

(66)(67) "Inground tank" means a device meetingthat meets the definition of "tank"in this rule, whereby a portion of a tank wall is situated to any degree withinthe ground, thereby preventing visual inspection of that external surface areaof the tank that is in the ground.

(67)(68) "In operation" refers to a facility which is treating, storing, or disposing ofhazardous waste.

(68)(69) "Injection well" means a well into which fluids are injected. (See also"underground injection.")

(69)(70) "Inner liner" means a continuous layer of material placed inside a tank orcontainer which protects the construction materials of the tank or container fromthe contained waste or reagents used to treat the waste.

(70)(71) "Installation inspector" means a person who, by reason of that person'sknowledge of the physical sciences and the principles of engineering, acquiredby a professional education and related practical experience, is qualified tosupervise the installation of tank systems.

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(71)(72) "International shipment" means the transportation of hazardous waste intoor out of the jurisdiction of the United States.

(72)(73) "Lamp" or "universal waste lamp" means the bulb or tube portion of anelectric lighting device. A lamp is specifically designed to produce radiantenergy, most often in the ultraviolet, visible, and infra-red regions of theelectromagnetic spectrum. Examples of common universal waste electric lampsinclude, but are not limited to, fluorescent, high intensity discharge, neon,mercury vapor, high pressure sodium, and metal halide lamps. Lamps that havebeen used and are being discarded are "spent materials" as defined in rule3745-51-01 of the Administrative Code.

(73)(74) "Landfill" means a disposal facility or part of a facility where hazardouswaste is placed in or on land and which is not a pile, a land treatment facility,a surface impoundment, an underground injection well, a salt dome formation,a salt bed formation, an underground mine, a cave, or a corrective actionmanagement unit.

(74)(75) "Landfill cell" means a discrete volume of a hazardous waste landfill whichuses a liner to provide isolation of wastes from adjacent cells or wastes.Examples of landfill cells include, but are not limited to, trenches and pits.

(75)(76) "Land treatment facility" means a facility or part of a facility at whichhazardous waste is applied onto or incorporated into the soil surface; suchfacilities are disposal facilities if the waste will remain after closure.

(77) "Large quantity handler of universal waste" means a "universal wastehandler" (as defined in this rule) who accumulates five thousand kilogramsor more total of universal waste (batteries, pesticides, mercury-containingequipment, lamps, aerosol containers, antifreeze, or paint or paint-relatedwaste, calculated collectively) at any time. This designation as a large quantityhandler of universal waste is retained through the end of the calendar year inwhich the five thousand kilogram limit is met or exceeded.

(76)(78) "Leachate" means any liquid, including any suspended components in theliquid, that has percolated through or drained from hazardous waste.

(77)(79) "Leak-detection system" means a system capable of detecting the failureof either the primary or secondary containment structure or the presenceof a release of hazardous waste or accumulated liquid in the secondarycontainment structure. Such a system shall employ operational controls (e.g.,daily visual inspections for releases into the secondary containment system ofaboveground tanks) or consist of an interstitial monitoring device designed to

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detect continuously and automatically the failure of the primary or secondarycontainment structure or the presence of a release of hazardous waste into thesecondary containment structure.

(78)(80) "Liner" means a continuous layer of natural or man-made materials, beneathor on the sides of a surface impoundment, landfill, or landfill cell, whichrestricts the downward or lateral escape of hazardous waste, hazardous wasteconstituents, or leachate.

(79)(81) "Management" or "hazardous waste management" means the systematiccontrol of the collection, source separation, storage, transportation, processing,treatment, recovery, and disposal of hazardous waste.

(80)(82) "Manifest" means the shipping document U.S. EPA form 8700-22 and, ifnecessary, U.S. EPA form 8700-22A, originated and signed by the generatoror offeror which contains the information required by Chapter 3745-52 of theAdministrative Code.

(81)(83) "Manifest tracking number" means the alphanumeric identification number(i.e., a unique three letter suffix preceded by nine numerical digits), which ispre-printed in item 4 of the manifest by a registered source.

(82)(84) "Mercury-containing equipment" means a device or part of a device(including thermostats, but excluding batteries and lamps) that containselemental mercury integral to itsthe function of the equipment. Used mercury-containing equipment that is taken out of service is a "spent material" as definedin rule 3745-51-01 of the Administrative Code.

(83)(85) "Military munitions" means all ammunition products and componentsproduced or used by or for the U.S.United States department of defense (DOD)or the U.S.United States armed services for national defense and security,including military munitions under the control of the department of defense,the U.S.United States coast guard, the U.S.United States department of energy(DOE), and national guard personnel.

(a) The term "military munitions" includes: confined gaseous, liquid, and solidpropellants, explosives, pyrotechnics, chemical and riot control agents,smokes, and incendiaries used by DOD components, including bulkexplosives and chemical warfare agents, chemical munitions, rockets,guided and ballistic missiles, bombs, warheads, mortar rounds, artilleryammunition, small arms ammunition, grenades, mines, torpedoes, depthcharges, cluster munitions and dispensers, demolition charges, anddevices and components thereof.

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(b) The term "military munitions" does not include: wholly inert items,improvised explosive devices, and nuclear weapons, nuclear devices,and nuclear components thereof. However, the term does include non-nuclear components of nuclear devices, managed under DOE's nuclearweapons program after all required sanitization operations under theAtomic Energy Act of 1954 have been completed.

(84)(86) "Mining overburden returned to the mine site" means any material overlyingan economic mineral deposit which is removed to gain access to that depositand is then used for reclamation of a surface mine.

(85)(87) "Miscellaneous unit" means a hazardous waste management unit wherehazardous waste is treated, stored, or disposed of and that is not a container,tank, surface impoundment, pile, land treatment unit, landfill, incinerator,boiler, industrial furnace, underground injection well with appropriate technicalstandards under Chapter 3745-34 of the Administrative Code, correctiveaction management unit, containment building, or unit eligible for a research,development, and demonstration permit under 40 CFR 270.65, or staging pile.

(86)(88) "Movement" means that hazardous waste transported to a facility in anindividual vehicle.

(87)(89) "New tank system" or "new tank component" means a tank system orcomponent that will be used for the storage or treatment of hazardous waste andfor which installation has commenced after July 14, 1986; except, however, forpurposes of paragraph (G)(2) of rule 3745-55-93 and paragraph (G)(2) of rule3745-66-93 of the Administrative Code, a new tank system is one for whichconstruction commences after July 14, 1986. (See also "existing tank system.")

(88)(90) "No free liquids," as used in paragraphs (A)(26) and (B)(18) of rule3745-51-04 of the Administrative Code, means that "solvent-contaminatedwipes" as defined in this rule may not contain free liquids as determined bymethod 9095B ("Paint Filter Liquids Test"), included in "Test Methods forEvaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods'' U.S. EPA publicationSW-846, and that there is no free liquid in the container holding the "wipes"as defined in this rule.

(89)(91) "Ohio EPA" means the Ohio environmental protection agency.

(90)(92) "On ground tank" means a device meetingthat meets the definition of "tank"in this rule and that is situated in such a way that the bottom of the tank is on thesame level as the adjacent surrounding surface so that the external tank bottomcannot be visually inspected.

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(91)(93) "On-site" means the same or geographically contiguous property whichmay be divided by public or private right-of-way, provided the entrance andexit between the properties is at a cross-roads intersection, and access is bycrossing as opposed to going along the right-of-way. Non-contiguous propertiesowned by the same person but connected by a right-of-way which that personcontrols and to which the public does not have access are also considered on-site property.

(92)(94) "Open burning" means the combustion of any material without the followingcharacteristics:

(a) Control of combustion air to maintain adequate temperature for efficientcombustion.

(b) Containment of the combustion-reaction in an enclosed device to providesufficient residence time and mixing for complete combustion.

(c) Control of emission of the gaseous combustion products. (See also"incineration" and "thermal treatment.")

(93)(95) "Operator" means the person responsible for the overall operation of afacility.

(94)(96) "Owner" means the person who owns a facility or part of a facility.

(97) "Paint" means a pigmented or unpigmented powder coating, or a pigmented orunpigmented mixture of binder and suitable liquid, resulting from commercial,industrial, mining, agricultural, and post-consumer activities, that upon fusingor drying forms an adhering coating on the surface to which the paint is applied.Powder coating is any surface coating which is applied as a dry powder and isfused into a continuous coating film through the use of heat.

(98) "Paint-related waste" means any material contaminated with paint that resultsfrom paint packaging, wholesale and retail operations, paint manufacturing,and paint application or removal activities, or a material derived from thereclamation of paint-related wastes that is recycled in a manner other thanburning for energy recovery or used in a manner constituting disposal accordingto rules 3745-51-02 and 3745-266-20 of the Administrative Code.

(95)(99) "Partial closure" means the closure of a hazardous waste managementunit in accordance with the applicable closure requirements of Chapters3745-54 to 3745-57 and 3745-205 or 3745-65 to 3745-69 and 3745-256 ofthe Administrative Code at a facility that contains other active hazardouswaste management units. For example, partial closure may include the closure

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of a tank (including itsthe associated piping and underlying containmentsystems), landfill cell, surface impoundment, waste pile, or other hazardouswaste management unit, while other units of the same facility continue tooperate.

(96)(100) "Permit (as concerns hazardous waste)," "Ohio hazardous waste permit,"or "hazardous waste permit" means a hazardous waste facility installation andoperation permit issued under Chapter 3734. of the Revised Code and the rulesadopted thereunder, or a renewal permit issued pursuant to section 3734.05 ofthe Revised Code.

(97)(101) "Permitted facility" means a facility that has possession of a current Ohiohazardous waste permit.

(98)(102) "Person" means an individual, trust, firm, joint stock company, federalagency, corporation (including a government corporation), partnership,association, the state of Ohio or any state of the United States, municipality,commission, political subdivision of the state, or any interstate body.

(99)(103) "Personnel" or "facility personnel" means all persons who work at, oroversee the operations of, a hazardous waste facility, and whose actions orfailure to act may result in noncompliance with Chapters 3745-54 to 3745-57,3745-65 to 3745-69, 3745-205, and 3745-256 of the Administrative Code.

(100)(104) "Pesticide" means any substance or mixture of substances intended forpreventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest, or intended for use asa plant regulator, defoliant, or desiccant, other than any article that is one ofthe following:

(a) A new animal drug under Section 201(v) of the Federal Food, Drug, andCosmetic Act (FFDCA).

(b) An animal drug that has been determined by regulation of the secretary ofhealth and human services not to be a new animal drug.

(c) An animal feed under Section 201(w) of the FFDCA that bears or containsany substances described by any portion of the definition of "pesticide"in this rule.

(101)(105) "Pile" means any non-containerized accumulation of solid, nonflowinghazardous waste that is used for treatment or storage and that is not acontainment building.

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(102)(106) "Plasma arc incinerator" means any enclosed device using a high intensityelectrical discharge or arc as a source of heat followed by an afterburner usingcontrolled flame combustion and which is not listed as an industrial furnace.

(103)(107) "Point source" means any discernible, confined, and discrete conveyance,including, but is not limited to, any pipe, ditch, channel, tunnel, conduit, well,discrete fissure, container, rolling stock, concentrated animal feeding operation,or vessel or other floating craft, from which pollutants are or may be discharged.This term does not include return flows from irrigated agriculture.

(104)(108) "Publicly owned treatment works" or "POTW" means any device orsystem used in the treatment (including, but not limited to, recycling andreclamation of hazardous wastes) of municipal sewage or industrial wastes ofa liquid nature which is owned by the state or a "municipality" [as defined inSection 502(4) of the Clean Water Act]. This definition includes sewers, pipes,or other conveyances only if such sewers, pipes, or other conveyances conveywastewater to a POTW providing treatment.

(105)(109) "Qualified ground water scientist" means a scientist or engineer whohas received a baccalaureate or post-graduate degree in the natural sciencesor engineering, and has sufficient training and experience in ground waterhydrology and related fields as may be demonstrated by state registration,professional certifications, or completion of accredited university courses thatenable that individual to make sound professional judgements regarding groundwater monitoring and contaminant fate and transport.

(106)(110) "Remediation waste" means all solid and hazardous wastes, and all media(including ground water, surface water, soils, and sediments) and debris, thatare managed for implementing cleanup.

(107)(111) "Remediation waste management site" means a facility where an owneror operator is or will be treating, storing, or disposing of hazardous remediationwastes. A remediation waste management site is not a facility that is subjectto corrective action under rule 3745-54-101 of the Administrative Code, but issubject to corrective action requirements if the site is located in such a facility.

(108)(112) "Replacement unit":

(a) Means a landfill, surface impoundment, or waste pile unit:

(i) From which all or substantially all of the waste is removed.

(ii) That is subsequently reused to treat, store, or dispose of hazardouswaste.

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(b) Does not apply to a unit from which waste is removed during closure, if thesubsequent reuse solely involves the disposal of waste from that unit andother closing units or corrective action areas at the facility, in accordancewith an approved closure plan or in accordance with a U.S. EPA or OhioEPA approved corrective action.

(109)(113) "Representative sample" means a sample of a universe or whole (e.g.,waste pile, lagoon, ground water) which can be expected to exhibit the averageproperties of the universe or whole.

(110)(114) "Resource Conservation and Recovery Act," or "RCRA" means the SolidWaste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation and RecoveryAct of 1976, as amended through the date specified in rule 3745-50-11 of theAdministrative Code, 42 U.S.C. 6901.

(111)(115) "Run-off" means any rainwater, leachate, or other liquid that drains overland from any part of a facility.

(112)(116) "Run-on" means any rainwater, leachate, or other liquid that drains overland onto any part of a facility.

(113)(117) "Saturated zone" or "zone of saturation" means that part of the earth's crustin which all voids are filled with water.

(114)(118) "Sludge" means any solid, semisolid, or liquid waste generated from amunicipal, commercial, or industrial wastewater treatment plant, water supplytreatment plant, or air pollution control facility exclusive of the treated effluentfrom a wastewater treatment plant.

(115)(119) "Sludge dryer" means any enclosed thermal treatment device that is usedto dehydrate sludge and that has a maximum total thermal input, excluding theheating value of the sludge itself, of two thousand five hundred British thermalunits (Btu) per pound of sludge treated on a wet-weight basis.

(116)(120) "Small quantity generator" means a generator who generates less than onethousand kilograms of hazardous waste in a calendar month.

(121) "Small quantity handler of universal waste" means a "universal wastehandler" (as defined in this rule) who does not accumulate five thousandkilograms or more total of universal waste (batteries, pesticides, mercury-containing equipment, lamps, aerosol containers, antifreeze, or paint or paint-related waste, calculated collectively) at any time.

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(117)(122) "Solid wastes" has the same meaning as in rule 3745-27-01 of theAdministrative Code.

(118)(123) "Solvent-contaminated wipe" means:

(a) A "wipe" as defined in this rule that, after use or after cleaning up a spill,has one or more of the following features:

(i) Contains one or more of the F001 to F005 solvents listed in rule3745-51-31 of the Administrative Code or the correspondingP-listed or U-listed solvents listed in rule 3745-51-33 of theAdministrative Code.

(ii) Exhibits a hazardous characteristic in rules 3745-51-20 to 3745-51-24of the Administrative Code when that characteristic results from asolvent listed in Chapter 3745-51 of the Administrative Code.

(iii) Exhibits only the hazardous waste characteristic of ignitability inrule 3745-51-21 of the Administrative Code due to the presence ofone or more solvents that are not listed in Chapter 3745-51 of theAdministrative Code.

(b) Solvent-contaminated wipes that contain listed hazardous waste otherthan solvents, or exhibit the characteristic of toxicity, characteristic ofcorrosivity, or characteristic of reactivity due to contaminants other thansolvents, are not eligible for the exclusions in paragraphs (A)(26) and (B)(18) of rule 3745-51-04 of the Administrative Code.

(119)(124) "Sorbent" means a material that is used to soak up free liquids by eitheradsorption or absorption, or both. "Sorb" means to either adsorb or absorb, orboth.

(120)(125) "Staging pile" means an accumulation of solid, non-flowing "remediationwaste" (as defined in this rule) that is not a containment building and that isused only during remedial operations for temporary storage at a facility. Stagingpiles shall be designated by the director according to rule 3745-57-74 of theAdministrative Code.

(121)(126) "State" means the state of Ohio.

(122)(127) "Storage" means the holding of hazardous waste for a temporary period,at the end of which the hazardous waste is treated, disposed of, or storedelsewhere.

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(123)(128) "Sump" means any pit or reservoir that meets the definition of "tank"in this rule and those troughs or trenches connected to such pit or reservoirthat serve to collect hazardous waste for transport to hazardous waste storage,treatment, or disposal facilities; except that as used in the landfill, surfaceimpoundment, and waste pile rules, "sump" means any lined pit or reservoir thatserves to collect liquids drained from a leachate collection and removal systemor leak detection and removal system for subsequent removal from the system.

(124)(129) "Surface impoundment" or "impoundment" means a facility or part of afacility which is a natural topographic depression, man-made excavation, ordiked area formed primarily of earthen materials (although itthe impoundmentor surface impoundment may be lined with man-made materials), which isdesigned to hold an accumulation of liquid wastes or wastes containing freeliquids, and which is not an injection well. Surface impoundments include,but are not limited to, holding, storage, settling, and aeration pits, ponds, andlagoons.

(125)(130) "Tank" means a stationary device, designed to contain an accumulation ofhazardous waste, which is constructed primarily of non-earthen materials (e.g.,wood, concrete, steel, plastic) that provide structural support.

(126)(131) "Tank system" means a hazardous waste storage or treatment tank anditsthe associated ancillary equipment and containment system.

(127)(132) "TEQ" means toxicity equivalence, the international method of relatingthe toxicity of various dioxin/furandioxin and furan congeners to the toxicityof 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin.

(128)(133) "Thermal treatment" means the treatment of hazardous waste in adevice which uses elevated temperatures as the primary means to change thechemical, physical, or biological character or composition of the hazardouswaste. Thermal treatment processes include, but are not limited to, incineration,molten salt, pyrolysis, calcination, wet air oxidation, and microwave discharge.(See also "incinerator" and "open burning.")

(129)(134) "Thermostat" means a temperature control device that contains metallicmercury in an ampule attached to a bimetal sensing element, and mercury-containing ampules that have been removed from these temperature controldevices in compliance with paragraph (C)(2) of rule 3745-273-13 or paragraph(C)(2) of rule 3745-273-33 of the Administrative Code.

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(130)(135) "Totally enclosed treatment facility" means a facility for the treatmentof hazardous waste which is directly connected to an industrial productionprocess and which is constructed and operated in a manner which prevents therelease of any hazardous waste or any constituent thereof into the environmentduring treatment. An example of such facility is a pipe in which waste acid isneutralized.

(131)(136) "Trade secrets" means any formula, plan, pattern, process, tool,mechanism, compound, procedure, production data, or compilation ofinformation which is not patented, which is known only to certain individualswithin a commercial concern who are using itsuch information to fabricate,produce, or compound an article, trade, or service having commercial value,and which gives itsthe user an opportunity to obtain a business advantage overcompetitors who do not know or use it.

(132)(137) "Transfer facility" means any transportation-related facility includingloading docks, parking areas, storage areas and other similar areas whereshipments of hazardous waste are held during the normal course oftransportation.

(133)(138) "Transport vehicle" means a motor vehicle or rail car used for thetransportation of cargo by any mode. Each cargo-carrying body (trailer, railroadfreight car, etc.) is a separate transport vehicle.

(134)(139) "Transportation" means the movement of hazardous waste by air, rail,highway, or water.

(135)(140) "Transporter" means a person engaged in the off-site transportation ofhazardous waste by air, rail, highway, or water.

(136)(141) "Treatability study" means a study in which a hazardous waste is subjectedto a treatment process to determine any of the following:

(a) Whether the waste is amenable to the treatment process.

(b) What pretreatment (if any) is required.

(c) The optimal process conditions needed to achieve the desired treatment.

(d) The efficiency of a treatment process for a specific waste or wastes.

(e) The characteristics and volumes of residuals from a particular treatmentprocess.

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Also included in this definition for the purpose of the exemptions inparagraphs (E) and (F) of rule 3745-51-04 of the Administrative Code,are liner compatibility, corrosion, and other material compatibility studiesand toxicological and health effects studies. A "treatability study" is nota means to commercially treat or dispose of hazardous waste.

(137)(142) "Treat" or "treatment" means any method, technique, or process designedto change the physical, chemical, or biological characteristics or compositionof any hazardous waste; to neutralize the waste; to recover energy or materialresources from the waste; to render the waste non-hazardous or less hazardous,safer to transport, store, or dispose of, or amenable for recovery, storage, furthertreatment, or disposal; or to reduce the volume of the waste.

(138)(143) "Treatment zone" means a soil area of the unsaturated zone of a landtreatment unit within which hazardous constituents are degraded, transformed,or immobilized.

(139)(144) "Underground injection" means the subsurface emplacement of fluidsthrough a bored, drilled or driven well, or through a dug well, where the depthof the dug well is greater than the largest surface dimension. (See also "injectionwell.")

(140)(145) "Underground source of drinking water" means:

(a) An aquifer or its portion of the aquifer which either:

(i) Supplies any "public water system" as defined in Chapter 3745-81 ofthe Administrative Code.

(ii) Contains a sufficient quantity of ground water to supply a "publicwater system" as defined in Chapter 3745-81 of the AdministrativeCode, and one of the following:

(a) Currently supplies drinking water for human consumption.

(b) Contains fewer than ten thousand milligrams per liter totaldissolved solids.

(b) Is not an exempted aquifer.

(141)(146) "Underground tank" means a device meetingthat meets the definition of"tank" in this rule whosein which the entire surface area is totally below thesurface of and covered by the ground.

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(142)(147) "Unfit for use tank system" means a tank system that has been determinedthrough an integrity assessment or other inspection to be no longer capableof storing or treating hazardous waste without posing a threat of release ofhazardous waste to the environment.

(143)(148) "Universal waste" means any of the following hazardous wastes that aremanaged under the universal waste requirements of Chapter 3745-273 of theAdministrative Code:

(a) Batteries as described in rule 3745-273-02 of the Administrative Code.

(b) Pesticides as described in rule 3745-273-03 of the Administrative Code.

(c) Mercury-containing equipment as described in rule 3745-273-04 of theAdministrative Code.

(d) Lamps as described in rule 3745-273-05 of the Administrative Code.

(e) Ohio-specific universal wastes as described in rule 3745-273-89 of theAdministrative Code.

(i) Aerosol container as described in paragraph (A) of rule 3745-273-89of the Administrative Code.

(ii) Antifreeze as described in paragraph (B) of rule 3745-273-89 of theAdministrative Code.

(iii) Paint and paint-related waste as described in paragraph (C) of rule3745-273-89 of the Administrative Code.

(144)(149) "Universal waste handler":

(a) Means either:

(i) A "generator" (as defined in this rule) of universal waste.

(ii) The owner or operator of a facility, including all contiguous property,that receives universal waste from other universal waste handlers,accumulates universal waste, and sends universal waste to anotheruniversal waste handler, to a destination facility, or to a foreigndestination.

(b) Does not mean either of the following:

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(i) A person who treats [except under the provisions of paragraph (A) or(C) or (E), (F), or (G) of rule 3745-273-13 of the AdministrativeCode, or paragraph (A) or (C) or (E), (F), or (G) of rule 3745-273-33of the Administrative Code], disposes of, or recycles universalwaste.

(ii) A person engaged in the off-site transportation of universal wasteby air, rail, highway, or water, including a universal waste transferfacility.

(150) "Universal waste satellite accumulation area" means a container, cabinet,hopper, or other unit where universal waste aerosol containers are initiallycollected in the work area prior to being moved to the specified accumulationarea for storage, puncturing, or preparation of the universal waste aerosolcontainers for shipment to another universal waste handler or destinationfacility.

(145)(151) "Universal waste transporter" means a person engaged in the off-sitetransportation of universal waste by air, rail, highway, or water.

(146)(152) "Unsaturated zone" or "zone of aeration" means the zone between the landsurface and the water table.

(147)(153) "United States" means the fifty states, the District of Columbia, theCommonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa,and the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands.

(148)(154) "Uppermost aquifer" means the geologic formation nearest the naturalground surface that is an aquifer, as well as lower aquifers that are hydraulicallyinterconnected with this aquifer within the facility's property boundary.

(149)(155) "U.S. EPA" means United States environmental protection agency.

(150)(156) "U.S. EPA identification number" means the number assigned by U.S.EPA or by Ohio EPA to each hazardous waste generator; hazardous wastetransporter; hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facility; largequantity universal waste handler; universal waste destination facility; used oiltransporter; used oil processor; used oil marketer; and off- specification usedoil burner.

(151)(157) "Used oil" means any oil that has been refined from crude oil, or anysynthetic oil, that has been used and, as a result of that use, is contaminated byphysical or chemical impurities.

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(152)(158) "Vessel" includes every description of watercraft, used or capable of beingused as a means of transportation on the water.

(153)(159) "Waste" has the same meaning as in rule 3745-51-02 of the AdministrativeCode.

(154)(160) "Waste management unit" means any discernible unit at which "solidwastes," "hazardous waste," "infectious wastes," (as those terms are defined inChapter 3734. of the Revised Code), "construction and demolition debris" (asdefined in Chapter 3714. of the Revised Code), "industrial waste," or "otherwastes" (as those terms are defined in Chapter 6111. of the Revised Code) havebeen placed at any time, irrespective of whether the unit was intended for themanagement of solid waste, hazardous waste, infectious waste, constructionand demolition debris, industrial waste, or other waste. Such units includeany area at a facility at which solid waste, hazardous waste, infectious waste,construction and demolition debris, industrial waste, or other waste has beenroutinely and systematically released.

(155)(161) "Wastewater treatment unit" means a device which does all of thefollowing:

(a) Is part of a wastewater treatment facility that is subject to regulation undereither Section 402 or Section 307(b) of the Clean Water Act.

(b) Receives and treats or stores an influent wastewater that is a "hazardouswaste" as defined in rule 3745-51-03 of the Administrative Code, orthat generates and accumulates a wastewater treatment sludge that is a"hazardous waste" as defined in rule 3745-51-03 of the AdministrativeCode, or treats or stores a wastewater treatment sludge which is a"hazardous waste" as defined in rule 3745-51-03 of the AdministrativeCode.

(c) Meets the definition of "tank" or "tank system" in this rule.

(156)(162) "Water (bulk shipment)" means the bulk transportation of hazardouswaste which is loaded or carried on board a vessel without containers or labels.

(157)(163) "Well" means any shaft or pit dug or bored into the earth, generally ofa cylindrical form, and often walled with bricks or tubing to prevent the earthfrom caving in.

(158)(164) "Well injection": see "underground injection."

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(159)(165) "Wipe" means a woven or non-woven shop towel, rag, pad, or swab madeof wood pulp, fabric, cotton, polyester blends, or other material.

(160)(166) "Zone of engineering control" means an area under the control of theowner or operator that, upon detection of a hazardous waste release, canbe readily cleaned up prior to the release of hazardous waste or hazardousconstituents to ground water or surface water.

(B) As used in the hazardous waste rules, unless the context otherwise requires, the timewithin which an act is required to be performed shall be computed pursuant to section1.14 of the Revised Code.

[Comment: For dates of non-regulatory government publications, publications ofrecognized organizations and associations, federal rules, and federal statutory provisionsreferenced in this rule, see rule 3745-50-11 of the Administrative Code titled "Incorporatedby reference."]

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Effective: 2/12/2018

Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 10/30/2017 and 02/12/2023

CERTIFIED ELECTRONICALLY

Certification

01/10/2018

Date

Promulgated Under: 119.03Statutory Authority: 3734.12Rule Amplifies: 3734.12Prior Effective Dates: 04/15/1981, 08/26/1981 (Emer.), 12/02/1981,

01/07/1983, 08/30/1984, 03/04/1985, 02/28/1986,09/22/1986, 12/28/1987, 12/08/1988, 12/30/1989,04/01/1990, 08/03/1990, 02/11/1992, 09/02/1997,10/20/1998, 12/07/2000, 03/13/2002, 12/07/2004,02/16/2009, 09/05/2010, 10/31/2015