Document ID: EPA-HQ-RCRA-2003-0012-0225
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2008-12-01T05:00Z

Summary of DuPont Site Visit

Site:	DuPont, Experimental Station

	Wilmington, DE

Date: 		October 20, 2003

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

Gail Cooper

Anna Tschursin

Kristina Meson

Lisa Lauer

James O’Leary

DuPont Staff

Michael Werner, Weston Solutions

Bob Oranzi, Manager, Environmental Services

To begin the site visit, staff from DuPont presented general overview
information about the Experimental Station.  It is composed of
approximately 2000 labs, with 650 principal investigators and 2000
scientists.  The site is devoted exclusively to research and
development.

We discussed their hazardous waste generation and management practices
at the Station.

DuPont staff indicated that the researchers at the Station have low
turnover and typically host 1 or 2 post-doctoral fellows a year.

We visited several laboratories within the Station, as well as a 90-day
area.  We also visited the Station’s on-site RCRA permitted
incinerator, where DuPont incinerates all the hazardous waste that it
generates on-site.