Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 9, September 27, 2024
(a) Removing
containers of unwanted material on a regular schedule. An eligible academic
entity must either:
(1) Remove all containers
of unwanted material from each laboratory on a regular interval, not to exceed
twelve (12) months; or
(2) Remove
containers of unwanted material from each laboratory within twelve (12) months
of each container's accumulation start date.
(b) The eligible academic entity must specify
in Part I of its Laboratory Management Plan whether it will comply with
paragraph (a)(1) or (a)(2) of this section for the regular removal of unwanted
material from its laboratories.
(c)
The eligible academic entity must specify in Part II of its Laboratory
Management Plan how it will comply with paragraph (a)(1) or (a)(2) of this
section and develop a schedule for regular removals of unwanted material from
its laboratories.
(d) Removing
containers of unwanted material when volumes are exceeded.
(1) If a laboratory accumulates a total
volume of unwanted material (including reactive acutely hazardous unwanted
material) in excess of 55 gallons before the regularly scheduled removal, the
eligible academic entity must ensure that all containers of unwanted material
in the laboratory (including reactive acutely hazardous unwanted material):
(i) Are marked on the label that is
associated with the container (or on the label that is affixed or attached to
the container, if that is preferred) with the date that 55 gallons is exceeded;
and
(ii) Are removed from the
laboratory within 10 calendar days of the date that 55 gallons was exceeded, or
at the next regularly scheduled removal, whichever comes first.
(2) If a laboratory accumulates
more than 1 quart of liquid reactive acutely hazardous unwanted material or
more than one (1) kilogram (2.2 pounds) of solid reactive acutely hazardous
unwanted material before the regularly scheduled removal, then the eligible
academic entity must ensure that all containers of reactive acutely hazardous
unwanted material:
(i) Are marked on the
label that is associated with the container (or on the label that is affixed or
attached to the container, if that is preferred) with the date that one (1)
quart or one (1) kilogram is exceeded; and
(ii) Are removed from the laboratory within
ten (10) calendar days of the date that one (1) quart or one (1) kilogram was
exceeded, or at the next regularly scheduled removal, whichever comes
first.
