Standards, requirements, and procedures for generators and transporters of hazardous waste and owners and operators of hazardous waste facilities.

(1) Persons who generate or transport hazardous waste, or who own or operate a hazardous waste facility, shall comply with the applicable standards, requirements, and procedures of this act and the rules adopted pursuant to it.

(2) The department shall establish by rule such standards, requirements, and procedures as are needed to protect human health and the environment, which standards, requirements, and procedures shall apply to persons who generate or transport hazardous waste; to persons who own or operate hazardous waste disposal, storage, or treatment facilities; and to hazardous waste disposal facilities. The department may establish standards, requirements, and procedures which may vary based on differences in amounts of, types of, concentrations of, and methods of handling hazardous waste and on differences in the size and location of hazardous waste facilities and which may take into account standards, requirements, and procedures imposed by other laws not in conflict with this act. Solid waste determined to be special wastes by the United States Environmental Protection Agency shall be regulated pursuant to this act consistent with federal regulations for special wastes under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.

(3) The department, with respect to generators of hazardous waste identified or listed pursuant to this act, shall adopt rules governing:

(a) Record-keeping practices that accurately identify the quantities of such hazardous waste generated, the constituents thereof which are significant in quantity or in potential harm to human health or the environment, and the method of disposal of such wastes;

(b) Labeling practices for any containers used for the disposal, storage, or transport of such hazardous waste which accurately identify such waste;

(c) The use of appropriate containers for such hazardous waste;

(d) The furnishing of information on the general elemental and chemical composition of such hazardous waste to persons transporting, treating, storing, or disposing of such wastes;

(e) The use of a manifest system to assure that all such hazardous waste generated is designated for treatment, storage, or disposal in treatment, storage, or disposal facilities, other than facilities on the premises where the waste is generated, for which a permit has been issued; and

(f) Submission of reports and inspection of manifests to describe the quantities of hazardous waste which are identified or listed pursuant to this act and which have been generated or transported during a particular time period to show their disposition and certification of the generator’s efforts to reduce their amount and toxicity.

(4) The department, with respect to transporters of hazardous waste identified or listed pursuant to this act, shall adopt rules governing: