# Presentation: 214574

## Chemical Waste Management Refresher Training

**Notes:**
Title Slide.  Picture of BARC West Campus.

## Welcome to the North Atlantic Area Refresher Training in Chemical Waste Management Presented by the ASHM/CEPS

**Notes:**
Welcome slide.

## Environmental Stewardship

- It is the responsibility of all employees to manage chemical waste in a reasonable manner.
- Failure to do so can result in harm to other employees and/or destruction of work areas due to fires, explosions, or spills.

**Notes:**
It’s all of ours responsibility to mange our waste in an environmentally sound way.

## Responsibilities

- Hazardous chemical wastes are governed by Federal, State, and local regulations.
- Failure to manage waste properly can result in large fines and penalties; not only to the ARS, but to the individuals generating the waste.

**Notes:**
Legal ramifications if wastes are not managed in the proper way.

## Overview

- This course is divided into four sections:

**Notes:**
This course is divided into four section:  Waste Determination, Waste Minimization, How to Manage and Contain Waste, and How to Properly Dispose of Chemical Wastes.

## Section IWaste Determination

**Notes:**
The first section in on Waste Determination.

## Solid Waste vs. Hazardous Waste

- Solid Waste: A solid, semi-solid, liquid, sludge, or contained gas, that is no longer needed, to be discarded, or has served its useful purpose.
- Hazardous Waste:  A solid waste that is listed by the EPA or exhibits one or more of four characteristics.
- Ignitable	Corrosive	Reactive	Toxic

**Notes:**
Definitions of Solid Waste and Hazardous Waste according to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.

## Hazardous Waste is only a small portion of the waste generated in the workplace, but by far the most harmful to the nature and the environment.

**Notes:**
Hazardous waste is a very small portion of waste generated, but the portion that can do the most harm to the environment.

## Hazardous Waste Determination

_**Listed Hazardous Waste**_
- Four Separate Lists
- Non-specific Source Wastes - “F”
- Specific Source Wastes - “K”
- Commercial Chemical Products -“P” & “U”
- Located in Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 261.30 thru 261.33

**Notes:**
There are four separate list of hazardous waste identified in Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 261.30 thru 261.33.

## Listed Hazardous Waste

- 	Complete lists of hazardous waste are located in your Chemical Waste Management Training Manual.

**Notes:**
Page from the Chemical Waste Training Manual showing listed hazardous waste.

## Hazardous Waste Determination

_**Characteristic Hazardous Waste**_
- A chemical waste may also be classified as hazardous if it exhibits one or more of the following characteristics:
- Ignitability
- Corrosivity
- Reactivity
- Toxicity
- Located in Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 261.20 thru 261.24

**Notes:**
Determining hazardous waste by characteristics identified in Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 261.20 thru 261.24.

## Characteristic Hazardous Waste

- Ignitable Wastes
- A waste is considered to have EPA's ignitability characteristic if it:
- Is a liquid with a flashpoint of 60°C (140°F) or below 	(alcohols containing less than 24% alcohol by volume 	are not considered ignitable); or,
- Is a flammable or ignitable compressed gas

**Notes:**
First Characteristic, Ignitable Waste.  Waste with a flash point of 140 degrees Fahrenheit or below as identified on a Material Safety Data Sheet.

## Characteristic Hazardous Waste

- Corrosive Wastes
- A waste is considered EPA corrosive if it:
- Is an aqueous solution (a solution having more than 50% water) with a pH less than or equal to 2.0 or greater than or equal to 12.5; or,
- A solid waste capable of corroding steel at specified conditions.

**Notes:**
Second Characteristic, Corrosive Waste.  A waste with a pH less than or equal to 2.0 or greater than or equal to 12.5 as identified on a Material Safety Data Sheet. 

## Characteristic Hazardous Waste

- Reactive Wastes
- A waste is considered to have EPA's reactivity characteristic if it:
- Is normally unstable and readily undergoes violent change without detonating; or,
- Reacts violently with water

**Notes:**
Third characteristic, Reactive Waste.  A waste that reacts violently with water as identified on a Material Safety Data Sheet.

## Characteristic Hazardous Waste

- Toxic Wastes
- A waste is considered to have EPA's Toxcitity characteristic if:
- Using the Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure the concentration of contaminants are equal to or greater than the regulatory levels identified in 40 CFR 261.24, Table 1.

**Notes:**
Fourth and final characteristic, Toxic Waste.  A waste that exceeds the regulatory limits identified in 40 Code of Federal Regulation, Section 261.24, Table 1.

## Section IIWaste Minimization

**Notes:**
The second section is on Waste Minimization.

## What is Waste Minimization?

**Waste minimization includes: *****source reduction***** practices that reduce or  ****eliminate waste generation at the source; and *****environmentally sound recycling***** practices, where source reduction is not economically practical.**

**Notes:**
The Environmental Protection Agency’s definition of Waste Minimization.

## Source Reduction

- includes any practice that reduces the quantity and/or toxicity of pollutants entering a waste stream prior to recycling, treatment, or disposal.

**Notes:**
How the EPA defines Source Reduction.

## Examples of Source Reduction

- equipment or technology modifications,
- reformulation or redesign of products,
- substitution of less toxic raw materials,
- improvements in work practices,
- maintenance,
- better inventory control.

**Notes:**
Some examples of Source Reduction.

## Recycling

- includes the use, reuse and/or reclamation of waste residuals (that may be designated as a hazardous waste) or materials in a hazardous waste.

**Notes:**
The EPA’s definition of Recycling.

## A material is “used or reused”

- if it is used as an ingredient in a process to make a product or, or if it is used as an effective substitute for a commercial product.

**Notes:**
Under Recycling, what is considered Used or Reused.

## A material is “reclaimed”

-  if it is processed to recover a usable product, or if it is regenerated.

**Notes:**
Under Recycling what is considered Reclaimed.

## How Can “You” Minimize Waste?

- Plan ahead
- Order only the amount needed
- Avoid storing excess chemicals
- Share unneeded chemicals
- Keep chemicals properly labeled

**Notes:**
Ways we can minimize waste in the laboratories.

## Why Minimize Waste?

- Reduce costs
- Increase process efficiency and productivity
- Reduce present and future regulatory burdens
- Improve workplace safety
- Improve environmental quality
- Maintain or improve institutional image

**Notes:**
Examples of why we need to minimize wastes.

## Section III How to Manage and Contain Waste 

**Notes:**
Section three is on How to Manage and Contain Wastes.

## Satellite Accumulation Areas (SAA) 

- All containers of hazardous waste must be stored in an area designated as a satellite accumulation area. Satellite accumulation areas must be established in the area where the waste was generated and under the direct control of the individual who generated the waste.

**Notes:**
Rule of thumb for Satellite Accumulation Areas.

## Accumulation Limits in SAA’s

- A SAA may accumulate:
- 55 gallons of non-acute waste
- Up to 1 quart of acutely hazardous waste
- There is no limit as to how long waste may be accumulated in each waste container in a SAA.
- However, once the container is full and/or the above stated limits are exceeded the waste must be removed from the work area within three working days .

**Notes:**
Parameters for accumulation in a Satellite Accumulation Area.

## Condition of Hazardous Waste Containers

- Containers must be in good condition,
- Have no rust, pinholes, dents, leaks, or chemical deposits on the outside,
- Container cap must be free of cracks and seals tightly – no corks, stoppers, foil, and parafilm,
- Container can not leak if inverted – no beakers, flasks, or coffee cans

**Notes:**
Containers allowable to be used to accumulate hazardous waste.  Picture of containers that can not be used to hold hazardous waste.

## Accumulation of Chemical Hazardous Waste

- Keep hazardous waste containers closed
-    All containers of chemical
-    hazardous waste must be
-    closed at all times except
-    when waste is being added
-    or removed from the container.

**Notes:**
All containers that hold hazardous waste must be kept closed, except for when waste is being added or removed.  Picture of container holding a funnel.  The container can not be stored like this.

## Section IV How to Properly Dispose of Chemical Wastes 

**Notes:**
The forth section is on How to Properly Dispose of Chemical Wastes at the Beltsville Area.

## Predisposal Procedures

- Sorted by compatibility
- In approved containers
- Tighten caps
- Ensure contents are properly identified

**Notes:**
How to make containers ready for pickup.

## Disposal Procedures

- Move to a Satellite Accumulation Area
- Call HWC to Pickup Number
- Complete Forms or ensure labeling information

**Notes:**
What to do when you are ready to have the waste picked up.  Picture of a BA Form 513.

## Labels labels Labels

## Disposal Procedures

- Varies from Location to Location
- Drop off at Marshalling facility or arrange for pick up
- Waste Disposal Company will lab pack

**Notes:**
Ways to get the BA Form 513 to SOHES.

## Items not to be moved to SAA

- Sensitive Wastes
- Unstable/hazardous @ room temp.
- Maintain @ safe temp. until disposal
- Indicate to safety or HWC where the item is being stored for removal

**Notes:**
Sensitive wastes should be maintained at safe temperature.  Leave in refrigerator/freezer until picked up.  Indicate their location on the BA Form 513.

## Items not to be moved to SAA

- Explosive Wastes
- Keep stored in an out of way place
- Shock sensitive chemicals are dangerous if dried out
- Keep wet during use and storage
- If dried out, _**do**_ _**not**_ add water, open, or touch
- Arrange for emergency disposal

**Notes:**
Explosive wastes need to be stored in an out of way place.  Indicate where they are on the BA Form 513 and label them appropriately. 

## Pasture lab procedures

- The waste officer, Melissa Goff maintains preprinted labels and has a file of some existing waste streams identified in the past
- On Your Label- Indicate name, room, top 5 ingredients in the mixture, estimate the % of each ingredient, general hazard warning information
- Store in your satellite accumulation area, covered or capped when not in use

## Exterior Waste Storage Building

- Special designed unit is behind the main administrative building on Campus
- The key can be signed out at Office, to be locked at all times when not in use
- Read the safety operating procedures notebook (on next slide)
- Log in the waste you deposit in room

## safety procedures At Waste Storage Building

- The unit has a fan- before entering, always purge the space for 3-5 minutes, prop door open
- Always have a second person on standby at unit
- Use secondary containers and carriers when transporting to the building
- Use Protective equipment when entering- rated gloves, closed- toe shoes, lab coat
- Never co-mingle waste streams at this room

## You’re Almost Done

- Make sure you fill out the roster at the end of this presentation or send a email to Melissa Goff indicating you have taken the course
- Remember:  This is an annual requirement.
-                **SEE YOU NEXT YEAR**

**Notes:**
Remember to fill out the registration form.  See you next year.

## Questions

- Contact: PSU Kevin Myers 814-865-6391
-               myers@psu.edu
- 		   Kate Sapanski, sapanski@psu.edu
- 		   Kathie Moh  607-255-8849
- 		   Charles Montgomery (location coordinator)       	   5-2245
- 		   Bonnie DiSalvo 215-233-6592