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 662.212 - Making the hazardous waste determination at an on-site interim status or permitted treatment, storage or disposal facility

Universal Citation: WI Admin Code § NR 662.212

Current through August 26, 2024

If an eligible academic entity makes the hazardous waste determination, according to s. NR 662.011, for unwanted material at an on-site interim status or permitted treatment, storage, or disposal facility, it shall comply with all of the following:

(1) A trained professional shall accompany all unwanted material that is transferred from the laboratory to an on-site licensed or interim licensed treatment, storage, or disposal facility.

(2) All unwanted material removed from the laboratory shall be taken directly from the laboratory to the on-site licensed or interim licensed treatment, storage, or disposal facility.

(3) The unwanted material becomes subject to the terms of the eligible academic entity's hazardous waste operating license or interim license as soon as it arrives in the on-site treatment, storage, or disposal facility.

(4) A trained professional shall determine, according to s. NR 662.011(1) to (4), if the unwanted material is a hazardous waste within 4 calendar days of the unwanted materials' arrival at the on-site licensed or interim licensed treatment, storage, or disposal facility.

(5) If the unwanted material is a hazardous waste, the eligible academic entity shall do all of the following:

(a) Write the words "hazardous waste" on the container label that is affixed or attached to the container within 4 calendar days of the hazardous waste arriving at the on-site licensed or interim licensed treatment, storage, or disposal facility and before the hazardous waste may be removed from the on-site licensed or interim licensed treatment, storage, or disposal facility.

(b) Write the appropriate hazardous waste code on the container label that is associated with the container or on the label that is affixed or attached to the container before the hazardous waste may be treated or disposed of on-site or transported off-site.

(c) Count the hazardous waste toward the eligible academic entity's generator category, according to s. NR 662.013(3) and (4) in the calendar month that the hazardous waste determination was made.

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

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