Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Natural Resources
NR 600-699 - Environmental Protection - Hazardous Waste Management
Chapter NR 662 - Hazardous Waste Generator Standards
Subchapter K - Alternative Requirements for Hazardous Waste Determination and Accumulation of Unwanted Material for Laboratories Owned by Eligible Academic Entities
Section NR 662.208 - Removing containers of unwanted material from the laboratory

Universal Citation: WI Admin Code ยง NR 662.208

Current through August 26, 2024

(1) Containers of unwanted material shall be removed on a regular schedule. An eligible academic entity shall comply with any of the following:

(a) Remove all containers of unwanted material from each laboratory on a regular interval, not to exceed 12 months.

(b) Remove containers of unwanted material from each laboratory within 12 months of each container's accumulation start date.

(2) The eligible academic entity shall specify in part I of its laboratory management plan whether it will comply with sub. (1) (a) or (b) for the regular removal of unwanted material from its laboratories.

(3) The eligible academic entity shall specify in part II of its laboratory management plan how it will comply with sub. (1) (a) or (b) and develop a schedule for regular removals of unwanted material from its laboratories.

(4) An eligible academic entity shall remove containers of unwanted material when volumes are exceeded, using any of the following procedures that are applicable:

(a) 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 shall ensure that all containers of unwanted material in the laboratory, including reactive acutely hazardous unwanted material, are:
1. Marked on the label that is associated with the container or on the label that is affixed or attached to the container with the date that 55 gallons is exceeded.

2. 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.

(b) If a laboratory accumulates more than 1 quart of liquid reactive acutely hazardous unwanted material or more than 1 kg of solid reactive acutely hazardous unwanted material before the regularly scheduled removal, then the eligible academic entity shall ensure that all containers of reactive acutely hazardous unwanted material are:
1. Marked on the label that is associated with the container or on the label that is affixed or attached to the container with the date that 1 quart or 1 kg is exceeded.

2. Removed from the laboratory within 10 calendar days of the date that 1 quart or 1 kg was exceeded, or at the next regularly scheduled removal, whichever comes first.

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