| (a) Marking and identification. Owners or operators
of specially equipped vacuum pump trucks, tanks, or containers used
for the collection and/or over-the-road transportation of wastes regulated
under this subchapter shall prominently mark such trucks, tanks, or
containers to show the following:
(1) company name;
(2) telephone number;
(3) authorization stickers (motor vehicles only); and
(4) the commission assigned registration number on
both sides of the vehicles or receptacle.
(A) The registration number shall be a minimum of two
inches in height, in block numbers permanently affixed. The registration
number must be clearly visible at a distance of 50 feet.
(B) The company name and phone number, authorization
stickers, and the registration number shall be removed from the trucks,
tanks, or containers, by the registrant, when it is no longer authorized
by the commission or leaves the control of the person(s) holding the
registration.
(b) Sanitation standards. All vehicles and equipment
used for the collection and transportation of the wastes regulated
under this subchapter shall be constructed, operated, and maintained
to prevent loss of liquid or solid waste materials and to prevent
health nuisance and safety hazards to operating personnel and the
public. Collection vehicles and equipment shall be maintained in a
sanitary condition to preclude nuisance conditions such as odors and
insect breeding.
(c) Mixing of incompatible wastes. Mixing of incompatible
wastes within the same container is prohibited. Transporters shall
not use the same container or pumping equipment to collect or transport
incompatible waste without first emptying and cleaning the container
and equipment of all previously handled wastes. For purposes of this
subsection, incompatible waste are wastes which have different processing,
storage, or disposal requirements. However, transporters may mix wastes
with different characteristics provided the facility to which the
waste is being transported is authorized to store, process, or dispose
of such mixed wastes.
(d) Site gauges. All closed vehicles, tanks, or containers
used to transport liquid wastes regulated by this subchapter shall
have sight gauges maintained in a manner which can be used to determine
whether a vehicle is loaded and its approximate capacity. Gauges are
not required to read in gallons or liters but shall show what percentage
of the tank capacity is filled. An alternate method to measure actual
volumes may be utilized with prior written approval from the Executive
Director.
(e) Septage transport. If domestic septage is transported
to a land application unit,the transporter registrant shall keep records
showing how the domestic septage transported meets the pathogen and
vector attraction reduction requirements listed in §312.82(c)
of this title (relating to Pathogen Reduction) and §312.83 of
this title (relating to Vector Attraction Reduction). Copies of records
pertaining to the pathogen and vector attraction reduction requirements
shall be maintained on the vehicles for a minimum of one month and
at the land application unit and transporter office for a minimum
of five years. Transporters taking domestic septage to a processing
facility for treatment are not required to keep records for pathogen
and vector attraction reduction.
(f) Discharge valves. All closed vehicles, tanks, or
containers used to transport liquid wastes regulated by this subchapter
shall prominently mark all discharge valves and ports. All discharge
ports shall be visible and readily accessible.
(g) Inspection. All transport vehicles shall include,
but are not limited to, trucks, portable tanks, trailers, barges,
or similar transport vehicles/receptacles and are subject to inspection
by commission staff authorized by the executive director. If a transport
vehicle fails the inspection, the authorization sticker and the commission
assigned registration number are to be removed from the vehicle and
that vehicle is not authorized to transport waste until the vehicle
is re-inspected and passes.
|
