Document ID: EPA-HQ-RCRA-2003-0012-0227
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2008-12-01T05:00Z

Summary of Walter Reed Site Visit

Site:	Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, DC and

	Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD

Date: 		January 15, 2004

Purpose:	To learn about the generation and management of RCRA hazardous
waste in research laboratories outside of colleges and universities

Attendees:

U.S. EPA, Office of Solid Waste

Kristin Fitzgerald

Anna Tschursin

Kristina Meson

Walter Reed Staff

Joe Fromal

Matt Robert

Chuck Flippo

Captain Gina Argon

Dr. Charles Odeyale

To begin the site visit, staff from Walter Reed presented general
overview information about the two facilities we visited.  The Army
Institute of Research is composed of approximately 230 labs, with 1000
researchers

We discussed the hazardous waste generation and management practices at
Walter Reed.

Walter Reed staff indicated that the turnover of their research staff is
high, because of the rotating nature that is typical of military
assignments.

We visited several clinical laboratories within the Hospital facility in
Washington, DC.  Walter Reed staff indicated that their clinical
laboratories tend to generate fewer wastes in higher volumes than their
research laboratories.  We also visited several research laboratories at
the Army Institute of Research in Silver Spring, MD.