Section 620. Asbestos-containing waste materials

A. Applicability. The additional standards contained in this section apply to the management of all asbestos-containing waste materials (ACM) generated by asbestos mills, by manufacturing, fabricating, and spraying operations, and Regulated Asbestos Containing Material (RACM) as defined by 40 CFR Part 61, Subpart M, as amended, generated in the course of demolition and renovation of installations, structures or buildings, or other waste-generating activities. These requirements do not apply to naturally occurring asbestos. All definitions included in 40 CFR Part 61, Subpart M, as amended, are hereby by included by reference.

B. Waste preparation for disposal. In order for asbestos-containing waste materials to be accepted at the disposal site, these materials shall meet the transporting and packaging requirements for asbestos-containing waste materials according to 40 CFR Part 61, Subpart M, as amended, which is hereby incorporated.

C. Disposal of asbestos-containing waste materials. Each owner or operator of a solid waste disposal facility that receives asbestos-containing waste materials shall dispose of these materials according to the requirements of 40 CFR Part 61, Subpart M, as amended, which is hereby incorporated. In addition to the requirements of 40 CFR Part 61, Subpart M, as amended, each owner or operator of a solid waste disposal facility that receives asbestos-containing waste materials shall meet the following requirements:

1. All asbestos-containing waste materials generated in a manufacturing, fabrication, or spraying operation and all RACM generated in a demolition or renovation operation shall be disposed in a special purpose landfill or in a designated area of a sanitary landfill. Category I and Category II nonfriable ACM may be disposed in a landfill providing daily soil cover, providing that the operator is notified and other pertinent requirements of this part are met.

2. ACM may be disposed in asbestos disposal cells or units located at existing disposal facilities above the natural ground level, provided they comply with all other appropriate regulatory requirements contained in Part III (9 VAC 20-81-100 et seq.) of this chapter.

D. Closure and postclosure care. In addition to the requirements contained in Part III (9VAC20-81-100 et seq.) of this chapter, the owner or operator of a solid waste disposal facility receiving the asbestos-containing waste material shall, within 60 days of the closure of the site, record with the county clerk's office a notation on the deed to the facility property or any other document that would normally be examined during a title search that will in perpetuity notify any purchaser of the property that:

1. The property has been used for the disposal of asbestos-containing waste materials;

2. The copy of the survey plot and the record of location and quantity of asbestos-containing waste materials disposed are attached to the notation; and

3. The site is subject to regulation under 9VAC5-60-70.

Historical Notes

Derived from Volume 27, Issue 12, eff. March 16, 2011.

Statutory Authority

§ 10.1-1402 of the Code of Virginia; 42 USC § 6941 et seq.; 40 CFR Part 258.