Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Environmental Quality
Title R315 - Waste Management and Radiation Control, Waste Management
Rule R315-261 - General Requirements - Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste
Section R315-261-7 - Residues of Hazardous Waste in Empty Containers
Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 315-261-7
Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(a)
(1) Any
hazardous waste remaining in either: an empty container; or an inner liner
removed from an empty container, as defined in Subsection R315-261-7(b), is not
subject to regulation under Rules R315-261 through R315-266, R315-268, R315-270
or R315-124 or to the notification requirements of section 3010 of
RCRA.
(2) Any hazardous waste in
either a container that is not empty or an inner liner removed from a container
that is not empty, as defined in Subsection R315-261-7(b), is subject to
regulation under Rules R315-261 through R315-266, R315-268, R315-270, and
R315-124 and to the notification requirements of section 3010 of
RCRA.
(b)
(1) A container or an inner liner removed
from a container that has held any hazardous waste, except a waste that is a
compressed gas or that is identified as an acute hazardous waste listed in
Section
R315-261-31
or Subsection
R315-261-33(e)
is empty if:
(i) The wastes have been removed
that can be removed using the practices commonly employed to remove materials
from that type of container such as pouring, pumping, and aspirating,
and
(ii) No more than 2.5
centimeters, one inch, of residue remain on the bottom of the container or
inner liner, or
(iii)
(A) No more than three percent by weight of
the total capacity of the container remains in the container or inner liner if
the container is less than or equal to 119 gallons in size; or
(B) No more than 0.3 percent by weight of the
total capacity of the container remains in the container or inner liner if the
container is greater than 119 gallons in size.
(2) A container that has held a hazardous
waste that is a compressed gas is empty if the pressure in the container
approaches atmospheric.
(3) A
container or an inner liner removed from a container that has held an acute
hazardous waste listed in Section
R315-261-31
or Subsection
R315-261-33(e)
is empty if:
(i) The container or inner liner
has been triple rinsed using a solvent capable of removing the commercial
chemical product or manufacturing chemical intermediate;
(ii) The container or inner liner has been
cleaned by another method that has been shown in the scientific literature, or
by tests conducted by the generator, to achieve equivalent removal;
or
(iii) In the case of a
container, the inner liner that prevented contact of the commercial chemical
product or manufacturing chemical intermediate with the container, has been
removed.
(c) Containers of hazardous waste pharmaceuticals are subject to Section R315-266-507 for determining if they are considered empty, in lieu of Section R315-261-7, except as provided by Subsections R315-266-507(c) and R315-266-507(d).
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