South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 61 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
Subchapter 61-79 - Hazardous Waste Management Regulations
Part 61-79.262 - STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO GENERATORS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE
Subpart K - ALTERNATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE DETERMINATION AND ACCUMULATION OF UNWANTED MATERIAL FOR LABORATORIES OWNED BY ELIGIBLE ACADEMIC ENTITIES
Section 61-79.262.K.211 - Making the hazardous waste determination at an on-site central accumulation area

Universal Citation: SC Code Regs 61-79.262.K.211

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 9, September 27, 2024

If an eligible academic entity makes the hazardous waste determination, pursuant to 262.11, for unwanted material at an on-site central accumulation area, it must comply with the following:

(a) A trained professional must accompany all unwanted material that is transferred from the laboratory(ies) to an on-site central accumulation area.

(b) All unwanted material removed from the laboratory(ies) must be taken directly from the laboratory(ies) to the on-site central accumulation area

(c) The unwanted material becomes subject to the generator accumulation regulations of R.61-79.262.16 for small quantity generators or R.61-79.262.17 for large quantity generators as soon as it arrives in the central accumulation area, except for the "hazardous waste" labeling requirements of sections 262.16(b)(6) and 262.17(a)(5).

(d) A trained professional must determine, pursuant to R.61-79.262.11(a) through (d), if the unwanted material is a hazardous waste within four (4) calendar days of the unwanted materials' arrival at the on-site central accumulation area.

(e) If the unwanted material is a hazardous waste, the eligible academic entity must:

(1) Write the words "hazardous waste" on the container label that is affixed or attached to the container, within 4 calendar days of arriving at the on-site central accumulation area and before the hazardous waste may be removed from the on-site central accumulation area, and

(2) Write the appropriate hazardous waste code(s) on the container label that is associated with the container (or on the label that is affixed or attached to the container, if that is preferred) before the hazardous waste may be treated or disposed of on-site or transported off-site, and

(3) Count the hazardous waste toward the eligible academic entity's generator category, pursuant to R.61-79.262.13 in the calendar month that the hazardous waste determination was made, and

(4) Manage the hazardous waste according to all applicable hazardous waste regulations.

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