Part B Permitted
Set for a Decade
In 2005, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) renewed MAX Environmental Technologies, Inc.’s Permit for Hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage and/or Disposal Facility (No. PAD004835146). The permit expires on February 14, 2015. Under this permit, MAX is authorized to accept hazardous waste with the following RCRA classifications:
- D002 - Corrosives
- D004 - Arsenic (As)
- D005 - Barium (Ba)
- D006 - Cadmium (Cd)
- D007 - Chromium (Cr)
- D008 - Lead (Pb)
- D010 - Selenium (Se)
- D011 - Silver (Ag)
- K061 - Emissions control dust from electric furnace steel production
- K062 - Spent pickle liquor generated from steel finishing operations
Allowable Quantities
MAX is permitted to accept up to 55 truckloads of hazardous waste per day. Five permitted and bonded container storage areas give MAX more than 6,000 tons of hazardous waste storage capacity. MAX can store an additional 2,400 tons of hazardous material in its containment building.
Each of MAX’s solid waste stabilization and solidification (SWSS) treatment units can treat up to 15 truckloads, or 360 tons, of hazardous waste per day, for a total unit throughput of 1,080 tons per day. The dust management system is capable of stabilizing 50 tons per hour, or 400 tons per shift, of K061 Electric Arc Furnace Dust, or other RCRA hazardous dust.
MAX’s hazardous waste permit consists of plans and provisions for proper management of the facility, including:
- Operational Concept Report
- Waste Analysis and Classification Plan
- Incompatible Waste Management Plan
- Container Storage Area Management Plan
- Tank System Management Plan
- Containment Building Management Plan
- Site Security Plan
- Inspection and Maintenance Program
- Personnel Training Program
- Preparedness, Prevention and Contingency Plan
- Contingency Plan
- Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures Plan
- Off-Site Response Plan
- Groundwater Monitoring Plan
- Erosion and Sedimentation Control Plan
- Closure Plan
- Post Closure Plan
- Financial Assurance