USFK Reg 201-1 OWS Sludge Disposal.pdf

Headquarters United States Forces Korea United States Forces Korea Regulation 201-1 Unit #15237

APO AP 96271-5237

30 July 2020

Environmental Quality

ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNING STANDARDS (EGS)

*This regulation supersedes USFK Regulation 201-1, dated 18 June 2012.

FOR THE COMMANDER:

STEPHEN C. WILLIAMS

Major General, USAF Chief of Staff

OFFICIAL:

ROCKSON M. ROSARIO

Chief, Publications and Records Management

Summary. This regulation provides specific criteria and management practices for environmental protection on United States Forces Korea (USFK) installations.

Summary of Change. This regulation has been substantially changed. A full review of its contents is required.

Applicability. This regulation applies to USFK installations and facilities directly controlled or directly managed by USFK in the Republic of Korea (ROK). These Environmental Governing Standards (EGS) do not apply to:

a. Leased, joint use, and similar facilities to the extent that USFK does not control the instrumentality or operation of the facility that would be regulated by this EGS regulation.

b. Operations of United States (U.S.) military vessels or the operations of U.S. military aircraft.

However, this document does apply to support functions for U.S. military vessels and U.S. military

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USFK REG 201-1, 30 July 2020 or potential exposure to HW must successfully complete an appropriate training program prior to assuming those duties. Personnel assigned to such duty must work under direct supervision until they have completed appropriate training. Additional guidance is contained in DoDI 6050.05, “DoD Hazardous Communication Program.”

(2) Refresher Training. All personnel performing hazardous waste duties must successfully complete annual refresher HW training.

(3) Training Contents and Requirements. The training program must:

(a) Include sufficient information to enable personnel to perform their assigned duties and fully comply with pertinent HW requirements.

(b) Be conducted by qualified trainers who have completed an instructor-training program in the subject, or who have comparable academic credentials or experience.

(c) Be designed to ensure that facility personnel are able to respond effectively to emergencies by familiarizing them with emergency procedures, emergency equipment, and emergency systems.

(d) Address the following areas in particular for personnel whose duties include HW handling and management:

Emergency procedures (response to fire/explosion/spills; use of communications/alarm systems; body and equipment clean up).

Drum/container handling/storage; safe use of HW equipment; proper sampling procedures.

Employee Protection. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), safety and health hazards, hazard communication, worker exposure.

Record-keeping. Record-keeping, security, inspections, contingency plans, storage requirements, and transportation requirements.

(4) Documentation of Training. Installations must document all HW training for each individual assigned duties involving actual or potential exposure to HW. Updated training records on personnel assigned duties involving actual or potential exposure to HW must be kept by the HWSA manager or the responsible installation office and retained for at least three years after termination of duty of these personnel.

l. HW/DW Disposal.

(1) USFK HW destined for disposal at a ROK disposal facility will be identified as DW upon leaving the installation. DW include the following:

(a) HW included in table B-4, “Hazardous Materials/Substances/Waste.”

(b) Industrial waste (slag, casting sand and waste sand-blasting media, particulates from air emissions equipment, incineration ash, fire-resistant material, unglazed pottery pieces, waste treated by stabilization or solidification, spent catalyst, and waste absorbent/adsorbent) and industrial sludge with a water content less than 95% or solid content more than 5% that contain the following substances in excess of concentrations identified in tables B-1 and B-2:

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Lead or its compounds.

Copper or its compounds.

Arsenic or its compounds.

Mercury or its compounds.

Cadmium or its compounds.

Hexavalent chromium or its compounds.

Cyanide compounds.

Organic phosphorus compounds.

Tetrachloroethylene.

Trichloroethylene.

(c) Waste polymer (resin and rubber) from the manufacturing process.

(d) Other regulated wastes.

Non edible, non-PCB waste oil with oil content of 5% or more.

Waste asbestos. (Regulated in Chapter 15, “Asbestos”)

Infectious medical wastes. (Regulated in Chapter 8, “Medical Waste Management”)

PCB-containing waste (Regulated in Chapter 14, “Polychlorinated Biphenyls”):

o Liquid waste with PCB content ≥2 mg/l.

o Waste other than liquid waste with a PCB content > 0.003 mg/L in an extraction liquid.

(2) All USFK HW/DW should normally be disposed of through the DLA DS. A decision not to use the DLA DS for HW/DW disposal may be made for best accomplishment of the installation mission, but such decision shall be approved in writing by the Component Commander, in coordination with DLA DS, 411th Contracting Support Brigade, and the LEC. All such installation contracts and disposal criteria must be at least as protective as criteria used by DLA DS. DW must be treated at a facility specifically designed for DW treatment, except for liquid wastes with 85% or higher moisture content or 15% or less solid content, such as acid or alkali, treated at a waste water treatment plant through direct discharge, only if the treatment is acknowledged by the waste water treatment plant.

(3) USFK components must ensure that wastes generated by USFK operations that are considered designated under ROK law are not disposed of in the ROK unless the disposal is

Table B-1 Maximum Concentration of Contaminants for the Toxicity Characteristic

Contaminant CAS No.1 Regulatory Level (mg/L)

Arsenic 7440-38-2 1.5

Barium 7440-39-3 100.0

Cadmium 7440-43-2 0.3

Chromium (hexavalent) 7440-47-3 1.5

Copper 7440-50-8 3.0

Cyanide 57-12-5 1.0

2,4-D 94-75-7 10.0

Endrin 72-20-8 0.02

Lead 7439-92-1 3.0

Lindane 58-89-9 0.4

Mercury 7439-97-6 0.005

Methoxychlor 72-43-5 10.0

Phosphorous (organic) 7723-14-0 1.0

Selenium 7782-49-2 1.0

Silver 7440-22-4 5.0

Toxaphene 8001-35-2 0.5

2,4,5-TP (Silvex) 93-72-1 1.0

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1. Chemical Abstracts Service number

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Table B-2 Maximum Concentration of Contaminants for Non-Wastewater

Contaminant CAS No.1 Regulatory Level (mg/kg)

Benzene 71-43-2 0.5

Carbon tetrachloride 56-23-5 0.5

Chlordane 57-74-9 0.03

Chlorobenzene 108-90-7 100.0

Chloroform 67-66-3 6.0 o-Cresol 95-48-7 200.0 m-Cresol 108-39-4 200.0 p-Cresol 106-44-5 200.0

Cresol 200.0

1,4-Dichlorobenzene 106-46-7 7.5

1,2-Dichloroethane 107-06-2 0.5

1,1-Dichloroethylene 75-35-4 0.7

2,4-Dinitrotoluene 121-14-2 0.13

Heptachlor (and its epoxide) 76-44-8 0.008

Hexachlorobenzene 118-74-1 0.13

Hexachlorobutadiene 87-68-3 0.5

Hexachloroethane 67-72-1 3.0

Methyl Ethyl Ketone 78-93-3 200.0

Nitrobenzene 98-95-3 2.0

Pentachlorophenol 87-86-5 100.0

Pyridine 110-86-1 5.0

Tetrachloroethylene 127-18-4 0.1

Trichloroethylene 79-01-6 0.3

2,4,5-Trichlorophenol 95-95-4 400.0

2,4,6-Trichlorophenol 88-06-2 2.0

Vinyl Chloride 75-01-4 0.2

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