(a) All generators shall annually review their waste reduction plan and complete a hazardous waste reduction progress report which shall:

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 68-212-306

  • Department: means the department of environment and conservation. See Tennessee Code 68-212-303
  • Facility: means :
    (A) Any building, structure, installation, equipment, pipe or pipeline (including any pipe into a sewer or publicly owned treatment works), well, pit, pond, lagoon, impoundment, ditch, landfill, storage container, motor vehicle, rolling stock, or aircraft. See Tennessee Code 68-212-401
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Representative: when applied to those who represent a decedent, includes executors and administrators, unless the context implies heirs and distributees. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • waste reduction: means the reduction or elimination of waste at the source, usually within a process, including process modifications, feedstock substitutions, improvements in feedstock purity, housekeeping and management practices, increases in the efficiency of machinery and on-site, closed-loop recycling, or any action that reduces the amount and toxicity of the waste exiting the production process. See Tennessee Code 68-212-303
(1) Analyze and quantify progress made, if any, in hazardous waste reduction, relative to each performance goal established under § 68-212-305(b); and
(2) Set forth amendments, if needed, to the hazardous waste reduction plan and explain the need for the amendments.
(b) Except for the information reported to the department under § 68-212-308, the annual progress report shall be retained at the facility and shall not be considered a public record under title 10, chapter 7, part 5. However, the generator shall permit any officer, employee or representative of the department at all reasonable times to have access to the annual progress report.
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