(a) The Secretary shall, after notice and public hearing, promulgate and revise as appropriate:

(1) a. Criteria, consistent with those promulgated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under § 3001 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, Pub. L. 94-580 [42 U.S.C. § 6921], for identifying the characteristics of hazardous waste and for listing hazardous waste; and

b. Regulations identifying the characteristics of hazardous waste and listing particular hazardous wastes (within the meaning of paragraph (8) of § 6302 of this title based on the criteria promulgated in paragraph (a)(1)a. of this section;

(2) Regulations for the transport, storage, treatment and disposal of hazardous waste, including regulations regarding contingency plans for effective action to minimize unanticipated damage from the transport, treatment, storage or disposal of such hazardous waste and regulations prescribing conditions and time periods upon which generators may accumulate hazardous wastes on site without a permit and such other regulations as are necessary to assure that substances identified or listed under paragraph (a)(1) of this section which pass through a sewer system to a publicly owned treatment works are adequately controlled to protect human health and the environment;

(3) Regulations setting forth requirements for approval or permit applications and specifying the terms and conditions, including duration and schedules of compliance, under which the Department shall issue, modify, review, suspend, revoke or deny such approvals or permits as may be required by this chapter and regulations providing that permits issued after November 8, 1984, or regulations which, in the case of interim status facilities under § 6307(g) of this title, require corrective action both on site and beyond the facility boundary, if necessary to protect human health and the environment, for releases of hazardous waste or constituents from any solid waste management unit at a facility seeking a permit under this chapter, regardless of when the waste was placed in the unit. Such permits shall contain schedules of compliance for corrective action (where such corrective action cannot be completed prior to issuance of the permit) and assurances of financial responsibility for completing the corrective action, and, in addition, regulations relating to qualifying for and termination of interim status under § 6307(g) of this title;

(4) Regulations establishing standards and procedures for the safe operation and maintenance of hazardous waste transfer, treatment, storage and disposal facilities or sites, including requirements for closing, long-term care and termination of transfer, treatment, storage and disposal facilities or sites and regulations regarding the prohibition of disposal of nonhazardous liquids in hazardous waste disposal facilities except upon such terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe. The Secretary may, where appropriate, establish separate standards for new and existing sites. Requirements may be adopted under this paragraph applicable to facilities and sites closed prior to July 11, 1980, which requirements shall be applicable to former and present owners and operators, as may be deemed appropriate;

(5) Regulations specifying those hazardous wastes which are not compatible, and which may not be stored or disposed of together without appropriate prior treatment to make them compatible;

(6) Regulations establishing procedures and requirements for the reporting of the generation, storage, transportation, treatment or disposal of hazardous wastes;

(7) Regulations establishing standards and procedures for the training of personnel engaged in treatment, storage or disposal activities at hazardous waste sites or facilities;

(8) Regulations establishing procedures and requirements for the use of a manifest during the transport of hazardous wastes and during such other phases of hazardous waste management as the Secretary deems necessary;

(9) Regulations which may provide for a reasonable schedule of fees for payment to the Department by hazardous waste transporters and owners of treatment, storage or disposal facilities or sites to defray the cost of administering this chapter. Any fees collected under this paragraph shall be appropriated to the Department for purposes of administering this chapter. Such regulations shall not provide for any annual fee under this paragraph in excess of $10,000 or in the case of small business concerns, any annual fee under this paragraph in excess of $500;

(10) Regulations which prescribe:

a. The establishment and maintenance of such records, including period of retention;

b. The making of such reports;

c. The taking of such samples and the performing of such tests or analyses;

d. The installing, calibrating, using and maintaining of such monitoring equipment or methods; and

e. The providing of such other information as may be necessary to achieve the purposes of this chapter;

(11) Regulations setting forth criteria regarding the level of financial responsibility required for hazardous waste management facilities and criteria pertaining to appropriate measures for preventing damage to public health, safety and the environment under § 6307(h)(2) of this title and regulations requiring evidence of financial responsibility to assure adequate resources for corrective action both on and off site;

(12) Regulations regarding the reuse, recycling and reduction of hazardous waste including regulations prohibiting the use of waste oil or other materials contaminated with hazardous waste as a dust suppressant and regulations pertaining to fuel containing hazardous waste and all persons who produce, burn, distribute and market fuel containing hazardous waste;

(13) Regulations, applicable to generators of hazardous waste, as may be necessary to protect human health and the environment, including regulations on recordkeeping practices to identify the types, quantities and constituents of hazardous waste generated and the disposition of those wastes; regulations on use of appropriate containers for hazardous waste; regulations regarding the furnishing of information of the chemical composition of hazardous waste to persons involved in the management of such hazardous waste; regulations on the use of a manifest system by generators; regulations on submission of reports to the Secretary regarding quantities and disposition of hazardous waste generated during a particular period;

(14) Regulations regarding pre-operation review and inspection of hazardous waste management facilities;

(15) Regulations regarding location, design, construction and remedial action standards for hazardous waste management facilities;

(16) Regulations regarding such public notice and hearing requirements and other related matters as may be deemed necessary to maintain equivalence of the State‘s program under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, Pub. L. 94-580 [42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq.], including requirements for public notice of draft permits, for public comment periods and requests for hearings and for informal hearings.

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(b) In complying with this section, the Secretary may consider the variations within the State in geology, population density and such other facts as may be relevant to the management of hazardous wastes.

(c) The Secretary, in consultation with the Commission and after notice and public hearings, shall issue regulations for the transportation, containerization and labeling of hazardous wastes. Such regulations shall be consistent with and no more stringent than applicable rules or regulations issued by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Transportation, and consistent with and no more stringent than any other regulations issued pursuant to this chapter and the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act of 1979, §§ 8223–8230 of Title 29.

62 Del. Laws, c. 412, § ?3; 63 Del. Laws, c. 164, § ?2; 64 Del. Laws, c. 164, §§ ?1-4; 65 Del. Laws, c. 320, §§ ?1-5; 65 Del. Laws, c. 483, § ?1; 65 Del. Laws, c. 516, § ?1; 66 Del. Laws, c. 364, § ?3;