Illinois Administrative Code › Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part 722 - STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO GENERATORS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE › Subpart K - ALTERNATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE DETERMINATION AND ACCUMULATION OF UNWANTED MATERIAL FOR LABORATORIES OWNED BY ELIGIBLE ACADEMIC ENTITIES › Section 722.300 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
The following definitions apply for the purposes of this
				  Subpart K:
"College or University" means a private or public
				  post-secondary degree-granting academic institution that is accredited by an
				  accrediting agency listed annually by the U.S. Department of Education.
BOARD NOTE: The Department of Education maintains on-line
				  lists of accrediting agencies on the Internet at the following address:
www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/accreditation_pg6.html#NationallyRecognized
.
"Eligible academic entity" means a college or university, a
				  non-profit research institute that is owned by or which has a formal written
				  affiliation agreement with a college or university, or a teaching hospital that
				  is owned by or which has a formal written affiliation agreement with a college
				  or university.
"Formal written affiliation agreement" for a non-profit
				  research institute means a written document that establishes a relationship
				  between institutions for the purposes of research or education and which is
				  signed by an authorized representative, as that term is defined in 35 Ill. Adm.
				  Code
				  720.110, from each
				  institution. A relationship that exists on a project-by-project or
				  grant-by-grant basis is not considered a formal written affiliation agreement.
				  "Formal written affiliation agreement" for a teaching hospital means a "master
				  affiliation agreement" and "program letter of agreement", as these terms are
				  defined in the document entitled "Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical
				  Education: Glossary of Terms", incorporated by reference in 35 Ill. Adm. Code
				  720.111, with an
				  accredited medical program or medical school.
"Laboratory" means an area owned by an eligible academic
				  entity where relatively small quantities of chemicals and other substances are
				  used on a non-production basis for teaching or research (or diagnostic purposes
				  at a teaching hospital) and are stored and used in containers that are easily
				  manipulated by one person. Photo laboratories, art studios, and field
				  laboratories are laboratories within the meaning of this definition. Areas such
				  as chemical stockrooms and preparatory laboratories that provide a support
				  function to teaching or research laboratories (or diagnostic laboratories at
				  teaching hospitals) are also laboratories within the meaning of this
				  definition.
"Laboratory clean-out" means an evaluation of the inventory
				  of chemicals and other materials in a laboratory that are no longer needed or
				  which have expired and the subsequent removal of those chemicals or other
				  unwanted materials from the laboratory. A clean-out may occur for several
				  reasons. It may be on a routine basis (e.g., at the end of a semester or
				  academic year) or as a result of a renovation, relocation, or change in
				  laboratory supervisor or occupant. A regularly scheduled removal of unwanted
				  material, as required by Section
				  722.308,
				  does not qualify as a laboratory clean-out within the meaning of this
				  definition.
"Laboratory worker" means a person who handles chemicals or
				  unwanted material in a laboratory. This may include, but is not limited to, any
				  member of faculty or staff, a post-doctoral fellow, an intern, a researcher, a
				  technician, a supervisor or manager, or a principal investigator. A person does
				  not need to be paid or otherwise compensated for his or her work in the
				  laboratory to be considered a laboratory worker. An undergraduate or graduate
				  student in a supervised classroom setting is not a laboratory worker.
"Non-profit research institute" means an organization that
				  conducts research as its primary function and which files as a nonprofit
				  organization under section 501(c)(3) of the federal tax code (
				  26 USC
				  501(c)(3) ).
"Reactive acutely hazardous unwanted material" means an
				  unwanted material that is one of the acutely hazardous commercial chemical
				  products listed in 35 Ill. Adm. Code
				  721.133(e)
				  for reactivity.
"Teaching hospital" means a hospital that trains students to
				  become physicians, nurses, or other health or laboratory personnel.
"Trained professional" means a person who has completed the
				  applicable RCRA training requirements of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 722.117, for an LQG,
				  or who is knowledgeable about normal operations and emergencies in accordance
				  with Section 722.116, for an SQG or VSQG. A trained professional may be an
				  employee of the eligible academic entity or a contractor or vendor who meets
				  the requisite training requirements.
"Unwanted material" means any chemical, mixtures of
				  chemicals, products of experiments, or other material from a laboratory that is
				  no longer needed, wanted, or usable in the laboratory and which is destined for
				  hazardous waste determination by a trained professional. Unwanted material
				  includes reactive acutely hazardous unwanted material, material that may
				  eventually be determined not to be solid waste pursuant to 35 Ill. Adm. Code
				  721.102,
				  or a hazardous waste pursuant to 35 Ill. Adm. Code
				  721.103.
				  If an eligible academic entity elects to use another equally effective term in
				  lieu of "unwanted material", as allowed by Section
				  722.306(a)(1)(A),
				  the equally effective term will have the same meaning, and the material
				  designated by that term will be subject to the same requirements as "unwanted
				  material" under this Subpart K.
"Working container" means a small container (i.e., two
				  gallons (7.6 l) or less) that is in use at a laboratory bench, hood, or other
				  work station, to collect unwanted material from a laboratory experiment or
				  procedure.