Section 27-0909. Standards applicable to transporters of hazardous waste  


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  • Not later than eighteen months after the effective date of this title,
      and  after  consultation  and  coordination  with  the  commissioner  of
      transportation,  and  after  opportunity  for   public   hearings,   the
      commissioner  shall  promulgate  regulations establishing such standards
      which shall be applicable to transporters of hazardous waste  identified
      or  listed under this title, as may be necessary to protect human health
      and the environment. Such  standards  shall  include  but  need  not  be
      limited to requirements respecting:
        1.  Recordkeeping  practices  that  accurately  identify the hazardous
      wastes transported, and their sources and delivery points;
        2. Transportation and storage of such waste only if properly labeled;
        3. Compliance with  the  manifest  system  established  under  section
      27-0905 of this title;
        4.  Transportation  of  all such hazardous waste only to the hazardous
      waste treatment, storage, or disposal facility or facilities  which  are
      designated  on  the manifest form, a copy of which shall be presented to
      the generator prior to transportation, and which either  hold  operation
      permits  issued  under  this  article, are a permittee under the Federal
      Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of nineteen  hundred  seventy-six
      or  any  amendments  thereof, or are otherwise duly authorized to accept
      hazardous waste; and
        5. Requirement of a bond to  meet  all  responsibilities  in  case  of
      release  of  hazardous  wastes  causing  damage  as  a  condition to the
      issuance of a permit to a transporter required by this title.
        6. No vehicle, vehicle container, holding tank or other equipment used
      to transport hazardous waste shall be  used  in  transporting  any  item
      intended  for  human  or  animal  consumption  unless such waste and its
      residue have been completely removed. The commissioner shall  promulgate
      regulations establishing such minimum standards and procedures necessary
      to insure proper cleaning and removal of hazardous waste and its residue
      from such equipment.