Section 725.173  Operating Record

a)         The owner or operator must keep a written operating record at the facility.

b)         The following information must be recorded as it becomes available and maintained in the operating record for three years unless otherwise provided as follows:

1)         A description and the quantity of each hazardous waste received and the methods and dates of its treatment, storage, or disposal at the facility, as required by Appendix A.  This information must be maintained in the operating record until closure of the facility;

2)         The location of each hazardous waste within the facility and the quantity at each location.  For disposal facilities the location and quantity of each hazardous waste must be recorded on a map or diagram that shows each cell or disposal area.  For all facilities this information must include cross-references to manifest document numbers if the waste was accompanied by a manifest.  This information must be maintained in the operating record until closure of the facility;

BOARD NOTE:  See Sections 725.219, 725.379, and 725.409 for related requirements.

3)         Records and results of waste analysis, waste determinations, and trial tests performed, as specified in Sections 725.113, 725.300, 725.325, 725.352, 725.373, 725.414, 725.441, 725.475, 725.502, 725.934, 725.963, and 725.984 and 35 Ill. Adm. Code 728.104(a) and 728.107;

4)         Summary reports and details of all incidents that require implementing the contingency plan, as specified in Section 725.156(j);

5)         Records and results of inspections, as required by Section 725.115(d) (except these data need be kept only three years);

6)         Monitoring, testing, or analytical data, where required by Subpart F or Sections 725.119, 725.194, 725.291, 725.293, 725.295, 725.324, 725.326, 725.355, 725.360, 725.376, 725.378, 725.380(d)(1), 725.402, 725.404, 725.447, 725.477, 725.934(c) through (f), 725.935, 725.963(d) through (i), 725.964, and 725.983 through 725.990.  Maintain in the operating record for three years, except for records and results pertaining to groundwater monitoring and cleanup, and response action plans for surface impoundments, waste piles, and landfills, which must be maintained in the operating record until closure of the facility;

BOARD NOTE:  As required by Section 725.194, monitoring data at disposal facilities must be kept throughout the post-closure period.

7)         All closure cost estimates under Section 725.242 and, for disposal facilities, all post-closure cost estimates under Section 725.244 must be maintained in the operating record until closure of the facility;

8)         Records of the quantities (and date of placement) for each shipment of hazardous waste placed in land disposal units under an extension of the effective date of any land disposal restriction granted pursuant to 35 Ill. Adm. Code 728.105, a petition pursuant to 35 Ill. Adm. Code 728.106, or a certification under 35 Ill. Adm. Code 728.108 and the applicable notice required of a generator under 35 Ill. Adm. Code 728.107(a).  All of this information must be maintained in the operating record until closure of the facility;

9)         For an off-site treatment facility, a copy of the notice and the certification and demonstration, if applicable, required of the generator or the owner or operator under 35 Ill. Adm. Code 728.107 or 728.108;

10)         For an on-site treatment facility, the information contained in the notice (except the manifest number) and the certification and demonstration, if applicable, required of the generator or the owner or operator under 35 Ill. Adm. Code 728.107 or 728.108;

11)         For an off-site land disposal facility, a copy of the notice and the certification and demonstration, if applicable, required of the generator or the owner or operator of a treatment facility under 35 Ill. Adm. Code 728.107 or 728.108;

12)         For an on-site land disposal facility, the information contained in the notice required of the generator or owner or operator of a treatment facility under 35 Ill. Adm. Code 728.107, except for the manifest number, and the certification and demonstration, if applicable, required under 35 Ill. Adm. Code 728.107 or 728.108;

13)         For an off-site storage facility, a copy of the notice and the certification and demonstration, if applicable, required of the generator or the owner or operator under 35 Ill. Adm. Code 728.107 or 728.108;

14)         For an on-site storage facility, the information contained in the notice (except the manifest number) and the certification and demonstration, if applicable, required of the generator or the owner or operator under 35 Ill. Adm. Code 728.107 or 728.108; and

15)         Monitoring, testing or analytical data, and corrective action, where required by Sections 725.190 and 725.193(d)(2) and (d)(5), and the certification, as required by Section 725.296(f), must be maintained in the operating record until closure of the facility.

(Source:  Amended at 42 Ill. Reg. 23725, effective November 19, 2018)