Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Part V - Hazardous Wastes and Hazardous Materials
Subpart 1 - Department of Environmental Quality-Hazardous Waste
Chapter 43 - Interim Status
Subchapter M - Landfills
Section V-4511 - Disposal of Small Containers of Hazardous Waste in Overpacked Drums (Lab Packs)

1. Hazardous waste must be packaged in non-leaking inside containers. The inside containers must be designed and constructed of a material that will not react dangerously with, be decomposed by, or be ignited by the contained waste. Inside containers must be tightly and securely sealed. The inside containers must be of the size and type specified in the Louisiana Department of Public Safety (LDPS) hazardous materials/hazardous waste regulations (LAC 33:V.Subpart 2.Chapter 101), if those regulations specify a particular inside container for the waste.

2. The inside containers must be overpacked in an open head LDPS specification metal shipping container (LAC 33:V.Subpart 2.Chapter 101) of no more than 416-liter (110-gallon) capacity and surrounded by, at a minimum, a sufficient quantity of sorbent material, determined to be nonbiodegradable in accordance with LAC 33:V.2515.E, to completely sorb all of the liquid contents of the inside containers. The metal outer container must be full after packing with inside containers and sorbent material.

3. The sorbent material used must not be capable of reacting dangerously with, being decomposed by, or being ignited by the contents of the inside containers in accordance with LAC 33:V.4321.B.

4. Incompatible wastes, as defined in LAC 33:V.109, must not be placed in the same outside container.

5. Reactive wastes, other than cyanide- or sulfide-bearing waste, as defined in LAC 33:V.109, must be treated or rendered nonreactive prior to packaging in accordance with Paragraphs A.1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 of this Section. Cyanide- and sulfide-bearing reactive waste may be packed in accordance with Paragraphs A.1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 of this Section without first being treated or rendered nonreactive.

6. Such disposal is in compliance with the requirements of LAC 33:V.Chapter 22. Persons who incinerate lab packs according to the requirements in LAC 33:V.2227.C.1 may use fiber drums in place of metal outer containers. Such fiber drums must meet the specifications of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections or its successor agency in LAC 33:V.Subpart 2.Chapter 101, the DOT specifications in 49 CFR 173.12, and be overpacked according to the requirements in Paragraph A.2 of this Section.