Governmental Order No. 605 on keeping records of wastes

Order No.605 of the government of the Slovak Republic of the 22nd September, 1992 on keeping records of wastes Pursuant to Article 13, Section (a) of the 238/1991 (Collection of laws) law on wastes, the government of the Slovak Republic decreed as follows below: Principal stipulations Article 1 For record-keeping purposes, wastes are classified in categories and types in accordance with the Categorization and Catalog of Wastes.1) Article 2 1. Records of wastes shall be maintained by: a. Waste producers,2) b. Natural persons or legal entities authorized to collect, purchase or treat waste,3) c. Operators of waste disposal equipment (hereinafter referred to as "operators"),4) d. Transport contractors and forwarders of waste.5) 2. Records of wastes pursuant to Article 3 through 5 of this Order shall not be kept unless the annual amount of waste exceeds: a. 100 kg of hazardous waste, with the exception of hazardous waste specified in the Annex to this Order, b. 1 ton of special waste, c. 10 tons of other waste. Article 3 Record sheets Natural persons and legal entities as specified in Article 2, Sections (a) through (c) of this Order shall maintain and prepare record sheets for each calendar year on waste, using specific forms.6) Article 4 Reporting the occurrence and handling of special and hazardous waste 1. Producers of special waste, and natural persons or legal entities authorized to collect, purchase or treat special wastes shall prepare reports for each calendar year of the occurrence and handling of special and hazardous waste using specific forms (hereinafter referred to as "reports")7) and shall mail them to the district environmental authority of jurisdiction until the 31st January of the following calendar year latest.8) 2. Operators, transport contractors and forwarders of waste shall prepare and mail reports pursuant to Section 1 above on hazardous waste only.9) Article 5 Accompanying letter of hazardous waste (1) Natural persons and legal entities as specified in Article 2, Sections (a) through (d) of this Order shall, in case of transports of hazardous waste, prepare accompanying letters of such waste (hereinafter referred to as "accompanying letter")10) and keep records on such accompanying letters. 2. Accompanying letters are integral parts of transport documents maintained by persons as specified in Section 1 above in compliance with special regulation. 1. This stipulation shall not relieve waste transport contractors and forwarders of their liability to keep records compliance with special regulation. Article 6 Waste disposal site registration sheets 1. Operators of waste disposal sites shall maintain registration sheets of the site using specific forms. Registration sheets shall include lists of waste types whose stockpiling on the site is permitted. 2. Operators of waste disposal sites shall mail the site registration sheets to the district environmental authority who had issued the operation permit of the site until the 31st January latest of the calendar year following after the day of commencement of site operations, and update them annually until the 31st January latest. Article 7 Temporary stipulations 1. The stipulation of Article 6 of this Order shall also be used in keeping records of waste disposal sites which were established before coming into force of the law on wastes. In such cases site operators shall mail the registration sheets of the waste disposal sites to the district environmental authorities of jurisdiction until the 31st January 1994 latest. 2. In case the site operator is unknown, the deadline to mail the waste disposal site registration sheet shall expire 6 months from the date of determination of the site operator but not before expiration of the deadline as specified in Section 1 above . Article 8 Validity This Order shall come into force on the 1st December, 1992. 11) For example the 68/1979 (Collection of laws) law on road transport and internal forwarding, as amended by the No. 118/1990 (Collection of laws) law. 12) Form SEVT 01 303 0 of the Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic. 13) Article 5, Section 1, Subsection (a) of 494/1991 (Collection of laws) law of the Slovak National Council on state administration in the field of waste management. 14) Article 17, Section 2 of the 494/1991 (Collection of laws) law. A N N E X to the No. 605/1992 (Collection of laws) Order of the government of the Slovak Republic SELECT LIST OF DANGEROUS WASTES Item Waste Designation Code1) 1. Waste mercury, mercury-containing residue, mercury-containing gas discharge lamps and fluorescent tubes 35326 2. Plating shop sludge containing cyanides 51101 3. Plating shop sludge containing hexavalent chromium 51102 4. Waste salt from hardening shops containing cyanides 51533 5. Waste concentrates containing hexavalent chromium 52712 6. Sludge containing cyanides from oil treatment and coal improvement processes 54923 7. Waste ethylene dichloride (1,2-dichloroethane) 55201 8. Waste chlorobenzenes 55202 9. Waste chloroform (trichloromethane) 55203 10. Waste methylene chloride (dichloromethane) 55206 11. Waste monochlorophenol 55207 12. Waste chlorinated paraffins 55208 13. Waste perchloroethylene (tetrachloroethylene) 55209 14. Waste tetrachloromethane 55211 15. Waste trichloroethane 55212 16. Waste trichloroethylene 55213 17. Waste cleaner solutions (cold cleaning formulations) 55214 18. Waste blends of solvents containing halogenated organic hydrocarbons 55220 19. Sludge containing halogenated hydrocarbons 55401 20. Waste plastifiers containing halogenated organic components 57201 21. Sludge containing plastics and halogenated solvents 57305 22. Polychlorinated biphenyls and terphenyls (PCBs, PCTs) 59901