---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 60.6035"
title: "40"
number: "60.6035"
heading: "What records must I keep for operator training and certification?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/60.6035"
---

# §60.6035. What records must I keep for operator training and certification?


You must keep records of all the following six items:

- (a) **Records of provisional certifications.** Include three items:
  - (1) Names of the municipal waste combustor chief facility operator, shift supervisors, and control room operators who are provisionally certified by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers or an equivalent state-approved certification program.
  - (2) **Dates of the initial and renewal provisional certifications.**
  - (3) **Documentation showing current provisional certifications.**
- (b) **Records of full certific—** ations. Include three items:
  - (1) Names of the chief facility operator, shift supervisors, and control room operators who are fully certified by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers or an equivalent state-approved certification program.
  - (2) **Dates of initial and renewal full certifications.**
  - (3) **Documentation showing current full certifications.**
- (c) **Records showing completion of the operator training course.** Include three items:
  - (1) Names of the chief facility operator, shift supervisors, and control room operators who have completed the EPA or state municipal waste combustion operator training course.
  - (2) **Dates of completion of the operator training course.**
  - (3) **Documentation showing completion of the operator training course.**
- (d) **Records of reviews for site-specific operating manuals.** Include all the following three items:
  - (1) **Names of persons who have reviewed the operating manual.**
  - (2) **Date of the initial review.**
  - (3) **Dates of subsequent annual reviews.**
- (e) **Records of when a certified operator is temporarily offsite.** Include two main items:
  - (1) If the certified chief facility operator and certified shift supervisor are offsite for more than 12 hours, but for 2 weeks or less, and no other certified operator is onsite, record the dates that the certified chief facility operator and certified shift supervisor were offsite.
  - (2) When the certified chief facility operator and certified shift supervisor are offsite for more than 2 weeks and no other certified operator is onsite, keep records of all the following four items:
    - (i) **Time of day that all certified persons are offsite.**
    - (ii) **The conditions that cause those people to be offsite.**
    - (iii) The corrective actions you are taking to ensure a certified chief facility operator or certified shift supervisor is onsite as soon as practicable.
    - (iv) Copies of the written reports submitted every 4 weeks that summarize the actions taken to ensure that a certified chief facility operator or certified shift supervisor will be onsite as soon as practicable.
- (f) **Records of calendar dates.** Include the calendar date on each record.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 91 FR 11833, Mar. 10, 2026, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.

### Source

Source: 36 FR 24877, Dec. 23, 1971, unless otherwise noted.