Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Natural Resources
NR 600-699 - Environmental Protection - Hazardous Waste Management
Chapter NR 662 - Hazardous Waste Generator Standards
Subchapter A - General
Section NR 662.015 - Satellite accumulation area regulations for small and large quantity generators

Universal Citation: WI Admin Code § NR 662.015

Current through August 26, 2024

(1) A generator may accumulate as much as 55 gallons of non-acute hazardous waste and either one quart of liquid acute hazardous waste listed in s. NR 661.0031 or 661.0033(5) or 1 kg of solid acute hazardous waste listed in s. NR 661.0031 or 661.0033(5) in containers at or near any point of generation where wastes initially accumulate that are under the control of the operator of the process generating the waste, without a license or interim status and without complying with the requirements under chs. NR 664 to 667 and 670, provided that all of the conditions for exemption in this section are met. A generator may comply with the conditions for exemption in this section instead of complying with the conditions for exemption under s. NR 662.016(2) or 662.017(1), except as required in pars. (g) and (h). The conditions for exemption for satellite accumulation are all of the following:

(a) If a container holding hazardous waste is not in good condition, or if it begins to leak, the generator shall immediately transfer the hazardous waste to a container that is in good condition and does not leak, or immediately transfer and manage the waste in a central accumulation area operated as specified in s. NR 662.016(2) or 662.017(1).

(b) The generator shall use a container made of or lined with materials that will not react with, and are otherwise compatible with, the hazardous waste to be accumulated, so that the ability of the container to contain the waste is not impaired.

1. The generator may not place incompatible wastes, or incompatible wastes and materials, in the same container, unless it complies with the requirements specified in s. NR 665.0017(2).

2. The generator may not place hazardous waste in an unwashed container that previously held an incompatible waste or material, unless it complies with the requirements specified in s. NR 665.0017(2).

3. A container holding a hazardous waste that is incompatible with any waste or other materials accumulated nearby in other containers shall be separated from the other materials or protected from them by any practical means.

Note: See ch. NR 665 Appendix V for examples of incompatible wastes.

(d) A container holding hazardous waste shall be closed at all times during accumulation, except in any of the following cases:

1. When adding, removing, or consolidating waste.

2. When temporary venting of a container is necessary for the proper operation of equipment or to prevent dangerous situations, such as build-up of extreme pressure.

(e) A generator shall mark or label its container with all of the following:

1. The words "Hazardous Waste."

2. An indication of the hazards of the contents. Acceptable indications of hazardous contents include the following: applicable hazardous waste characteristic or characteristics, such as ignitable, corrosive, reactive, or toxic; hazard communication consistent with the department of transportation requirements on labeling or placarding, incorporated into s. Trans 326.01(3); a hazard statement or pictogram consistent with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Hazard Communication Standard, incorporated into s. SPS 332.50; or a chemical hazard label consistent with the National Fire Protection Association 704 label, incorporated into s. SPS 314.001(1) (a).

(f) A generator that accumulates either acute hazardous waste listed in s. NR 661.0031 or 661.0033(5) or non-acute hazardous waste in excess of the amounts listed in sub. (1) at or near any point of generation shall comply with either subd. 1. or 2., and subd. 3.

1. Within 3 consecutive calendar days the generator shall comply with the applicable central accumulation area regulations specified in s. NR 662.016(2) or 662.017(1).

2. Within 3 consecutive calendar days the generator shall remove the excess from the satellite accumulation area and move it to one of the following:

a. A central accumulation area operated in accordance with the applicable regulations specified in s. NR 662.016(2) or 662.017(1).

b. An on-site interim status or permitted treatment, storage, or disposal facility.

c. An off-site designated facility.

3. During the 3 consecutive calendar day period the generator shall continue to comply with pars. (a) to (f). The generator shall mark or label the container holding the excess accumulation of hazardous waste with the date the excess amount began accumulating.

(g) All satellite accumulation areas operated by a small quantity generator shall meet the preparedness and prevention regulations specified in s. NR 662.016(2) (h) and emergency procedures specified in s. NR 662.016(2) (i).

(h) All satellite accumulation areas operated by a large quantity generator shall meet the preparedness, prevention, and emergency procedures specified in subch. M.

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