{"data":{"id":"us/40-cfr-270.20","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"40 CFR 270.20","heading":"Specific part B information requirements for land treatment facilities.","body":"Except as otherwise provided in § 264.1, owners and operators of facilities that use land treatment to dispose of hazardous waste must provide the following additional information:\n(a) A description of plans to conduct a treatment demonstration as required under § 264.272. The description must include the following information;\n(1) The wastes for which the demonstration will be made and the potential hazardous constituents in the waste;\n(2) The data sources to be used to make the demonstration (e.g., literature, laboratory data, field data, or operating data);\n(3) Any specific laboratory or field test that will be conducted, including:\n(i) The type of test (e.g., column leaching, degradation);\n(ii) Materials and methods, including analytical procedures;\n(iii) Expected time for completion;\n(iv) Characteristics of the unit that will be simulated in the demonstration, including treatment zone characteristics, climatic conditions, and operating practices.\n(b) A description of a land treatment program, as required under § 264.271. This information must be submitted with the plans for the treatment demonstration, and updated following the treatment demonstration. The land treatment program must address the following items:\n(1) The wastes to be land treated;\n(2) Design measures and operating practices necessary to maximize treatment in accordance with § 264.273(a) including:\n(i) Waste application method and rate;\n(ii) Measures to control soil pH;\n(iii) Enhancement of microbial or chemical reactions;\n(iv) Control of moisture content;\n(3) Provisions for unsaturated zone monitoring, including:\n(i) Sampling equipment, procedures, and frequency;\n(ii) Procedures for selecting sampling locations;\n(iii) Analytical procedures;\n(iv) Chain of custody control;\n(v) Procedures for establishing background values;\n(vi) Statistical methods for interpreting results;\n(vii) The justification for any hazardous constituents recommended for selection as principal hazardous constituents, in accordance with the criteria for such selection in § 264.278(a);\n(4) A list of hazardous constituents reasonably expected to be in, or derived from, the wastes to be land treated based on waste analysis performed pursuant to § 264.13;\n(5) The proposed dimensions of the treatment zone;\n(c) A description of how the unit is or will be designed, constructed, operated, and maintained in order to meet the requirements of § 264.273. This submission must address the following items:\n(1) Control of run-on;\n(2) Collection and control of run-off;\n(3) Minimization of run-off of hazardous constituents from the treatment zone;\n(4) Management of collection and holding facilities associated with run-on and run-off control systems;\n(5) Periodic inspection of the unit. This information should be included in the inspection plan submitted under § 270.14(b)(5);\n(6) Control of wind dispersal of particulate matter, if applicable;\n(d) If food-chain crops are to be grown in or on the treatment zone of the land treatment unit, a description of how the demonstration required under § 264.276(a) will be conducted including:\n(1) Characteristics of the food-chain crop for which the demonstration will be made.\n(2) Characteristics of the waste, treatment zone, and waste application method and rate to be used in the demonstration;\n(3) Procedures for crop growth, sample collection, sample analysis, and data evaluation;\n(4) Characteristics of the comparison crop including the location and conditions under which it was or will be grown;\n(e) If food-chain crops are to be grown, and cadmium is present in the land-treated waste, a description of how the requirements of § 264.276(b) will be complied with;\n(f) A description of the vegetative cover to be applied to closed portions of the facility, and a plan for maintaining such cover during the post-closure care period, as required under §§ 264.280(a)(8) and 264.280(c)(2). This information should be included in the closure plan and, where applicable, the post-closure care plan submitted under § 270.14(b)(13);\n(g) If ignitable or reactive wastes will be placed in or on the treatment zone, an explanation of how the requirements of § 264.281 will be complied with;\n(h) If incompatible wastes, or incompatible wastes and materials, will be placed in or on the same treatment zone, an explanation of how § 264.282 will be complied with.\n(i) A waste management plan for EPA Hazardous Waste Nos. FO20, FO21, FO22, FO23, FO26, and FO27 describing how a land treatment facility is or will be designed, constructed, operated, and maintained to meet the requirements of § 264.283. This submission must address the following items as specified in § 264.283:\n(1) The volume, physical, and chemical characteristics of the wastes, including their potential to migrate through soil or to volatilize or escape into the atmosphere;\n(2) The attenuative properties of underlying and surrounding soils or other materials;\n(3) The mobilizing properties of other materials co-disposed with these wastes; and\n(4) The effectiveness of additional treatment, design, or monitoring techniques.","path":["Title 40—Protection of Environment","CHAPTER I—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","SUBCHAPTER I—SOLID WASTES","PART 270—EPA ADMINISTERED PERMIT PROGRAMS: THE HAZARDOUS WASTE PERMIT PROGRAM","Subpart B—Permit Application"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-40.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:04Z","sha256":"bf9876a2326ffe0999b80aabe41ff8449a1f090647f0a2e33b43573bf8b2d854","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/40-cfr-270.19","next":"us/40-cfr-270.21"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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