California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 4.5 - Environmental Health Standards for the Management of Hazardous Waste › Chapter 15 - Interim Status Standards for Owners and Operators of Hazardous Waste Transfer, Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities › Article 14 - Landfills › Section 66265.316 - Disposal of Small Containers of Hazardous Waste in Overpacked Drums (Lab Packs)

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Small containers of hazardous waste in overpacked drums
					 (lab packs) may be placed in a landfill if the following requirements are
					 met.
(a) Hazardous waste shall be
				  packaged in non-leaking inside containers. The inside containers shall be of a
				  design and constructed of a material that will not react dangerously with, be
				  decomposed by, or be ignited by the waste held therein. Inside containers shall
				  be tightly and securely sealed. The inside containers shall be of the size and
				  type specified in the Department of Transportation (DOT) hazardous materials
				  regulations (49 CFR Parts 173, 178 and 179), if those regulations specify a
				  particular inside container for the waste.
(b) The inside containers shall be overpacked
				  in an open head DOT-specification metal shipping container (49 CFR Parts 178
				  and 179) of no more than 416-liter (110 gallon) capacity and surrounded by, at
				  a minimum, a sufficient quantity of sorbent material, determined to be
				  nonbiodegradable in accordance with 66265.314(d), to completely sorb all of the
				  liquid contents of the inside containers. The metal outer container shall be
				  full after it has been packed with inside containers and sorbent
				  material.
(c) The sorbent material
				  used shall not be capable of reacting dangerously with, being decomposed by, or
				  being ignited by the contents of the inside containers, in accordance with
				  section 66265.17(b).
(d) Incompatible wastes, as defined in
				  section 66260.10, shall not be placed in
				  the same outside container.
(e)
				  Reactive waste, other than cyanide- or sulfide-bearing waste as defined in
				  section 66261.23(a)(5),
				  shall be treated or rendered non-reactive prior to packaging in accordance with
				  subsections (a) through (d) of this section. Cyanide- and sulfide-bearing
				  reactive waste may be packaged in accordance with subsections (a) through (d)
				  of this section without first being treated or rendered non-reactive provided
				  that the cyanide concentration is less than 1000 mg/l.
(f) Such disposal is in compliance with the
				  requirements of chapter 18 of this division. Persons who incinerate lab packs
				  according to the requirements of section
				  66268.42(c)(1)
				  may use fiber drums in place of metal outer containers. Such fiber drums shall
				  meet the DOT specifications in
				  49 CFR
				  173.12 and be overpacked according to the
				  requirements in Subsection (b) of this section.
1. New
					 section filed 5-24-91; operative 7-1-91 (Register 91, No. 22).
2.
					 Reinstatement of section as it existed prior to emergency amendment filed
					 9-15-95 by operation of Government Code section
					 11346.1(f)
					 (Register 95, No. 37).
3. Amendment of section heading and
					 subsection (f) filed 1-31-96; operative 1-31-96 (Register 96, No.
					 5).
4. Amendment of subsections (b) and (c) and amendment of NOTE
					 filed 10-13-98; operative 11-12-98 (Register 98, No.
					 42).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						25150,
						25159
						and
						58012,
						Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections
						25150,
						25159
						and
						25159.5,
						Health and Safety Code; 40
						CFR Section
						265.316.