Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
An eligible academic entity must develop and retain a written
Laboratory Management Plan, or revise an existing written plan. The Laboratory
Management Plan is a site-specific document that describes how the eligible
academic entity will manage unwanted materials in compliance with this Subpart
K. An eligible academic entity may write one Laboratory Management Plan for all
of the laboratories that it owns which have opted into this Subpart K, even if
the laboratories are located at sites with different USEPA identification
numbers. The Laboratory Management Plan must contain two parts, with a total of
the nine elements identified in subsections (a) and (b). In Part I of its
Laboratory Management Plan, an eligible academic entity must describe its
procedures for each of the elements listed in subsection (a). An eligible
academic entity must implement and comply with the specific provisions that it
develops to address the elements in Part I of its Laboratory Management Plan.
In Part II of its Laboratory Management Plan, an eligible academic entity must
describe its best management practices for each of the elements listed in
subsection (b). The specific actions taken by an eligible academic entity to
implement each element in Part II of its Laboratory Management Plan may vary
from the procedures described in the eligible academic entity's Laboratory
Management Plan, without constituting a violation of this Subpart K. An
eligible academic entity may include additional elements and best management
practices in Part II of its Laboratory Management Plan if it so chooses.
a) The eligible academic entity must
implement and comply with the specific provisions of Part I of its Laboratory
Management Plan. In Part I of its Laboratory Management Plan, an eligible
academic entity must include the following information:
1) Part I must describe procedures for
container labeling in accordance with Section
722.306(a),
as follows:
A) Identification whether the
eligible academic entity will use the term "unwanted material" on the
containers in the laboratory. If not, identification of an equally effective
term that the eligible academic entity will consistently use in lieu of
"unwanted material". The equally effective term, if used, has the same meaning
as the term "unwanted material", and the material is subject to the same
requirements as if it were called "unwanted material"; and
B) Identification of the manner in which
information that is "associated with the container" will be
imparted.
2)
Identification whether the eligible academic entity will comply with Section
722.308(a)(1)
or (a)(2) for regularly scheduled removals of
unwanted material from the laboratory.
b) In Part II of its Laboratory Management
Plan, an eligible academic entity must include the following information:
1) Description of its intended best practices
for container labeling and management (see the required standards at Section
722.306);
2) Description of its
intended best practices for providing training for laboratory workers and
students commensurate with their duties (see the required standards at Section
722.307(a)
);
3) Description of its intended
best practices for providing training to ensure safe on-site transfers of
unwanted material and hazardous waste by trained professionals (see the
required standards at Section
722.307(d)(1)
);
4) Description of its intended
best practices for removing unwanted material from the laboratory, including
the following:
A) For regularly scheduled
removals, a regular schedule for identifying and removing unwanted materials
from its laboratories (see the required standards at Section
722.308(a)(1)
and (a)(2));
B) For removals when maximum volumes are
exceeded, the following:
i) Description of
the eligible academic entity's intended best practices for removing unwanted
materials from the laboratory within 10 calendar days after the date on which
unwanted materials have exceeded their maximum volumes (see the required
standards at Section
722.308(d)
); and
ii) Description of its
intended best practices for communicating that unwanted materials have exceeded
their maximum volumes;
5) Description of its intended best practices
for making hazardous waste determinations, including specifying the duties of
the individuals involved in the process (see the required standards at Sections
722.111(a) through
(d) and
722.309
through
722.312
);
6) Describe its intended best
practices for laboratory clean-outs, if the eligible academic entity plans to
use the incentives for laboratory clean-outs provided in Section
722.313,
including the following:
A) Procedures for
conducting laboratory clean-outs (see the required standards at Section
722.313(a)(1) through
(a)(3)); and
B) Procedures for documenting laboratory
clean-outs (see the required standards at Section
722.313(a)(4)
);
7) Description of the
eligible academic entity's intended best practices for emergency prevention,
including the following information:
A)
Procedures for emergency prevention, notification, and response that are
appropriate to the hazards in the laboratory;
B) A list of chemicals that the eligible
academic entity has, or is likely to have, that become more dangerous when they
exceed their expiration date or as they degrade;
C) Procedures to safely dispose of chemicals
that become more dangerous when they exceed their expiration date or as they
degrade; and
D) Procedures for the
timely characterization of unknown chemicals.
c) An eligible academic entity must make its
Laboratory Management Plan available to laboratory workers, students, or any
others at the eligible academic entity who may request it.
d) An eligible academic entity must review
and revise its Laboratory Management Plan as needed.
