Hazardous Waste Container Labeling Requirements

Training material on hazardous waste container labeling requirements under the academic laboratories rule.

Hazardous waste container labeling requirements.

All containers and tanks i e for lqgs and sqgs must be labeled hazardous waste marked with the date accumulation begins. The washington state department of ecology has updated the hazardous waste regulations to incorporate the epa s new generator improvement rules. Hazardous waste labels and overpacking. In order to comply with department of transportation dot regulations proper dot labels must be filled out before the container can be shipped off site.

The biggest changes are to the requirements for labeling hazardous waste. Under the new rules if you generate hazardous waste in containers larger than four liters the words. Waste minimization certify steps taken to reduce or eliminate the generation of hazardous waste. The dot recommends a six inch space 150mm between labels.

While there are neither official nor epa endorsed hazardous waste labels there are certain epa and dot requirements for marking chemical hazardous waste containers that warrant your careful attention. The updated regulations are found in title 40 of the code of federal regulations part 262 40 cfr 262. A container used for chemical hazmat onsite storage must be marked with the words hazardous waste. The same applies to the overpack container.

A a generator may accumulate as much as 55 gallons of non acute hazardous waste and or either one quart of liquid acute hazardous waste listed in 261 31 or 261 33 e of this chapter or 1 kg 2 2 lbs of solid acute hazardous waste listed in 261 31 or 261 33 e of this chapter in containers at or near any point of generation where wastes initially accumulate which is under the. Pre transport requirements package and label hazardous waste for shipment off site to a rcra facility for treatment storage or disposal. The epa primarily determines the types or classes of hazardous waste to be marked and how waste containers should be labeled to communicate this. Generators that accumulate hazardous waste in containment buildings are subject to article 29 of chapter 15 and must meet additional documentation and record keeping requirements.

The regulations reference the dot hmr in 49 cfr part 172 for hazardous waste labeling marking and placarding requirements. Labeling and marking of all hazardous waste containers appropriately according to both epa and dot requirements is necessary in properly dealing with the waste cradle to grave. Whenever hazardous material packages are overpacked the inner containers must be properly labeled in accordance with dot shipping requirements for the hazardous material. Epa labeling requirements at the federal level rcra rules for container labeling as well as labeling of tanks and containment buildings were recently revised as part of the generator improvement rule gir process.

Epa developed this presentation to explain the container labeling under the academic laboratories rule subpart k of part 262 in title 40 of the code of federal regulations cfr. Program in place required 262 27.