For purposes of this permit, the following definitions shall apply:
"Approved or Approval" means written approval from the Executive Secretary of the Utah Solid and Hazardous Waste Control Board.
"Control Board" means the Utah Solid and Hazardous Waste Control Board.
"Executive Secretary" means the Executive Secretary of the Utah Solid and Hazardous Waste Control Board.
"Facility" means all contiguous land, and structures, other appurtenances, and improvements on the land, used for treating, storing, or disposing of hazardous waste. A facility may consist of several treatment, storage, or disposal operational units (e.g., one or more landfills, surface impoundments, or combinations of them). For the purpose of implementing corrective action under R315-8-6.12, facility means all contiguous property under the control of the owner or operator seeking a permit under subtitle C of RCRA. This definition also applies to facilities implementing corrective action under RCRA Section 3008(h). A remediation waste management site is not a facility that is subject to R315-8-6.12, but is subject to corrective action requirements if the site is located within such a facility.
"Hazardous waste constituent" means a constituent that caused the Board to list the hazardous waste in R315-2-3 and R315-2-10.
“Hazardous Waste Impoundments” (HWI) means all structures, and other appurtenances, and improvements on the land at the three Closed Hazardous Waste Impoundments, including the groundwater collection system and the groundwater monitoring system at those Impoundments, and all other appurtances and fixtures associated with post-closure care of the Impoundment. .
“Closed Hazardous Waste Impoundments” (CHWI) means the closed Acid Waste Impoundment, the closed Tar Decanter Sludge Impoundment, and the closed Miscellaneous Waste Impoundment. The property description of these impoundments is presented on the survey maps in Attachment 3.
“Permittee” means United States Steel Corporation (USS) and Geneva Steel LLC. The “Responsible Permittee” is that Permittee who is accountable to the Executive Secretary of the Utah Solid and Hazardous Waste Control Board for satisfying those Permit conditions for which it is so designated. With respect to these conditions, the Permit designates either Geneva Steel or USS or both to be the responsible Permittee.
"Precipitation" means rain, sleet, snow or hail.
“RCRA” means the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended by The Solid and Hazardous Waste Amendments (HSWA) of 1984.
"Solid Waste Management Unit" (SWMU) means any discernible unit at which solid wastes have been placed at any time, irrespective of whether the unit was intended for the management of solid or hazardous waste. Such units include any area at a facility at which solid wastes have been routinely and systematically released.
"Solid Waste Management Unit Group" (SWMUG) means SWMUs grouped together based on facility process unit areas.
"Spill" means the accidental discharging, spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, or dumping of hazardous wastes or materials which, when spilled, become hazardous wastes, into or on any land or water.
"Submit" or "Submission" means to be received by hand delivery, mail, certified mail, express mail, facsimile, or computer diskette and logged in at the offices of the Division of Solid and Hazardous Waste.
"Utah Registered Professional Engineer" means any individual who is registered as a Professional Engineer by the Utah Department of Business Regulation.
All definitions contained in R315-1, R315-2, R315-3, R315-8, and R315-9 are hereby incorporated, in their entirety, by reference into this permit, except that any of the definitions used above shall supersede any definition of the same term given in R315. Where terms are not defined in the regulations or the permit, the meaning associated with such terms shall be defined by a standard dictionary reference or the generally accepted scientific or industrial meaning of the term.
For more information about the Draft Chevron Post-Closure Permit, please contact Jon Parry at (801) 538-6170 or email him at jparry@utah.gov.
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