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Hazardous Waste Management

Hazardous Waste Management. Hazardous Waste is regulated according to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). Definition. The material must first be classified as a solid waste. The material must then be determined to have “hazardous” properties. Specific Definition.

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Hazardous Waste Management

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  1. Hazardous Waste Management Hazardous Waste is regulated according to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Definition The material must first be classified as a solid waste The material must then be determined to have “hazardous” properties

  2. Specific Definition

  3. Exemptions

  4. Specific Criteria for Hazardous Wastes A waste my classified as Hazardous by two criteria: 1) Listing 2) Characteristic

  5. Listed Wastes Three Lists 1) Hazardous Waste from Non-specific Sources Wastes from common manufacturing processes example: dirty solvents cleaning or degreasing “F” designation “F001 2) Hazardous Waste from Specific Sources Wastes from specific industrial sources example: bottom sludge from the treatment of wastewater produced by the wood preserving industry “K” designation, K048-K052 petroleum refining wastes

  6. 3) Discarded commercial chemical products Off-specification materials, spill residues, discarded containers That contain certain named chemical species Actually two lists a) Toxic wastes “P” designation, P076 - nitric acid b) Acutely Toxic Wastes “U” designation, U002 - acetone

  7. Characteristic Wastes There are four characteristics that can Make a waste a hazardous waste

  8. o Flashpoint < 60 C Easily Ignited Burns Vigorously

  9. Aqueous solution with: pH < 2.0 pH > 12.5 Corrodes steel at a rate Greater than 6.35 mm/yr

  10. Unstable and forms a toxic fume Explodes Reacts with exposure to Air and/or water

  11. LD < 50 mg/kg 50 LC 50 Bioconcentrates Phytoxicity

  12. Where do wastes come from?

  13. Classification of Generators Large Quantity Generators > 1000 kg hazardous waste generated per month Small Quantity Generators 100 – 1000 kg hazardous waste generated per month Very Small Quantity Generators < 100 kg/month

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