Illinois Administrative Code › Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part 725 - INTERIM STATUS STANDARDS FOR OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE TREATMENT, STORAGE, AND DISPOSAL FACILITIES › Subpart N - LANDFILLS › Section 725.416 - Disposal of Small Containers of Hazardous Waste in Overpacked Drums (Lab Packs)

Current through Register Vol. 48, 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 must be
				packaged in non-leaking inside containers. The inside containers must 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 must
				be tightly and securely sealed. The inside containers must be of the size and
				type specified in the USDOT hazardous materials regulations ( 49 CFR 173
				(Shippers - General Requirements for Shipments and Packages), 178
				(Specifications for Packagings), and 179 (Specifications for Tank Cars), each
				incorporated by reference in 35 Ill. Adm. Code
				720.111(b)
				), if those regulations specify a particular inside container for the
				waste.
b) The inside containers
				must be overpacked in an open head USDOT-specification metal shipping container
				( 49 CFR 178 (Specifications for Packagings) and 179 (Specifications for Tank
				Cars), of no more than 416 l (110 gallon) capacity and surrounded by, at a
				minimum, a sufficient quantity of sorbent material, determined to be
				nonbiodegradable in accordance with 35 Ill. Adm. Code
				725.414(e)
				to completely sorb all of the liquid contents of the inside containers. The
				metal outer container must be full after packing with inside containers and
				sorbent material.
c) The sorbent
				material used must not be capable of reacting dangerously with, being
				decomposed by, or being ignited by the contents of the inside containers, in
				accordance with Section
				725.117(b).
d) Incompatible wastes, as defined in 35 Ill.
				Adm. Code
				720.110, must not
				be placed in the same outside container.
e) Reactive waste, other than cyanide- or
				sulfide-bearing waste, as defined in 35 Ill. Adm. Code
				721.123(a)(5),
				must be treated or rendered non-reactive prior to packaging in accordance with
				subsections (a) through (d). Cyanide- or sulfide-bearing reactive waste may be
				packaged in accordance with subsections (a) through (d) without first being
				treated or rendered non-reactive.
f) Such disposal is in compliance with the
				requirements of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 728. Persons that incinerate lab packs
				according to the requirements of 35 Ill. Adm. Code
				728.142(c)(1)
				may use fiber drums in place of metal outer containers. Such fiber drums must
				meet the USDOT specifications in
				49 CFR
				173.12 (Exceptions for Shipments of Waste
				Materials), incorporated by reference in 35 Ill. Adm. Code
				720.111(b),
				and be overpacked according to subsection (b).
g) Pursuant to 35 Ill. Adm. Code
				729.312, the use of
				labpacks for disposal of liquid wastes or wastes containing free liquids
				allowed under this Section is restricted to labwaste and non-periodic waste, as
				those terms are defined in that Part.