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If the draft Permit is approved, it will <br />allow the following changes: <br />The Building B833 Container <br />Storage Area <br />(B883 CSA) would increase liquid <br />waste storage capacity from 3,300 <br />to 5,500 gallons which is within <br />the existing design capacity for <br />B883 CSA. <br />The treatment capacity for the <br />Explosive Waste Treatment <br />Facility (EWTF) Burn Pan would <br />be reduced from 150 pounds per <br />event or day to 100 pounds per <br />event or day. <br />Why a Permit is Necessary <br />A permit enables DTSC to effectively regulate the <br />hazardous waste management activities at facilities. <br />Permits are developed after DTSC's detailed <br />technical review and are intended to ensure that <br />facilities operate in a manner that is protective of <br />human health and the environment. <br />Facility Description <br />LLNL Site 300 was established in 1955 by the <br />Department of Energy and the University of <br />California as an experimental test site for explosives <br />testing. LLNL Site 300 is a non-nuclear explosives <br />and other non-nuclear weapons component test <br />facility. LLNL Site 300 operates three permitted <br />hazardous and explosives waste facilities. Two <br />of the facilities, the EWTF and the EWSF are <br />dedicated for storage and treatment of explosives <br />waste and residue. The third hazardous waste <br />facility, B883 CSA, is dedicated for storage of <br />containerized hazardous waste generated from <br />various site operations. In addition to accepting <br />on-site generated hazardous waste, LLNL Site 300 is <br />permitted to accept explosives waste from the LLNL <br />Main Site located in Livermore for storage and <br />treatment at EWSF and EWTF. Wastes approved <br />for storage and treatment by this permit DO NOT <br />include radioactive, low level radioactive, or mixed <br />waste. <br />California Environmental Quality Act <br />- Negative Declaration <br />DTSC evaluated possible environmental impacts <br />associated with the proposed continued hazardous <br />and explosive waste operations at this facility. As <br />required by CEQA, DTSC prepared a draft Negative <br />Declaration which states that the hazardous and <br />explosive waste operations would not have significant <br />effects on human health and the environment. <br />Enforcement History <br />DTSC inspects LLNL Site 300 on a regular basis to <br />ensure compliance with California laws, regulations, <br />and the Permit conditions. The results of those <br />inspections during the past five years are listed below: <br />. October 28 and 29, 2003, DTSC conducted <br />a compliance evaluation inspection (CEI) <br />and one violation was found: LLNL Site 300 <br />failed to have a training plan as part of the Part <br />B Operation Plan for the post -closure unit <br />Building 829. DTSC issued the violation to <br />the facility in the January 20, 2004 Inspection <br />Report, and LLNL responded to the violation <br />in a letter dated March 17, 2004. DTSC is in the <br />process of reviewing the facility's response to this <br />violation. <br />June 16, 2005, DTSC conducted a CEI of LLNL <br />Site 300. As a result of the inspection, two <br />Class II Violations were cited: failure to use the <br />original manifest to transport a rejected load, and <br />incorrectly using a new manifest to ship rejected <br />hazardous waste from one off-site facility to a <br />second off-site disposal facility. 7befacility has <br />returned to compliance on April 28, 2006 <br />