Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 261.1 - HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT: IDENTIFICATION AND LISTING OF HAZARDOUS WASTE › Part 261 - IDENTIFICATION AND LISTING OF HAZARDOUS WASTE › Subpart C - Characteristics of Hazardous Waste › Section 11-261.21 - Characteristic of ignitability

Current through June, 2024
(a) A solid waste
					 exhibits the characteristic of ignitability if a representative sample of the
					 waste has any of the following properties:
(1) It is a liquid, other than an aqueous
					 solution containing less than 24 percent alcohol by volume and has flash point
					 less than 60 °C (140 °F), as determined by a Pensky-Martens Closed Cup
					 Tester, using the test method specified in ASTM Standard D 93-79 or D 93-80
					 (incorporated by reference, see § 260.11), or a Setaflash Closed Cup
					 Tester, using the test method specified in ASTM Standard D 3278-78
					 (incorporated by reference, see § 260.11).
(2) It is not a liquid and is capable, under
					 standard temperature and pressure, of causing fire through friction, absorption
					 of moisture or spontaneous chemical changes and, when ignited, burns so
					 vigorously and persistently that it creates a hazard.
(3) It is an ignitable compressed gas.
(i) The term "compressed gas" shall designate
					 any material or mixture having in the container an absolute pressure exceeding
					 40 p.s.i. at 70 °F or, regardless of the pressure at 70 °F, having an
					 absolute pressure exceeding 104 p.s.i. at 130 °F; or any liquid flammable
					 material having a vapor pressure exceeding 40 p.s.i. absolute at 100 °F as
					 determined by ASTM Test D-323.
(ii)
					 A compressed gas shall be characterized as ignitable if any one of the
					 following occurs:
(A) Either a mixture of 13
					 percent or less (by volume) with air forms a flammable mixture or the flammable
					 range with air is wider than 12 percent regardless of the lower limit. These
					 limits shall be determined at atmospheric temperature and pressure. The method
					 of sampling and test procedure shall be acceptable to the Bureau of Explosives
					 and approved by the director, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Technology, U.S.
					 Department of Transportation (see Note 2).
(B) Using the Bureau of Explosives' Flame
					 Projection Apparatus (see Note 1), the flame projects more than 18 inches
					 beyond the ignition source with valve opened fully, or, the flame flashes back
					 and burns at the valve with any degree of valve opening.
(C) Using the Bureau of Explosives' Open Drum
					 Apparatus (see Note 1), there is any significant propagation of flame away from
					 the ignition source.
(D) Using the
					 Bureau of Explosives' Closed Drum Apparatus (see Note 1), there is any
					 explosion of the vapor-air mixture in the drum.
(4) It is an oxidizer. An oxidizer for the
					 purpose of this subchapter is a substance such as a chlorate, permanganate,
					 inorganic peroxide, or a nitrate, that yields oxygen readily to stimulate the
					 combustion of organic matter (see Note 4).
(i)
					 An organic compound containing the bivalent -O-O- structure and which may be
					 considered a derivative of hydrogen peroxide where one or more of the hydrogen
					 atoms have been replaced by organic radicals must be classed as an organic
					 peroxide unless:
(A) The material meets the
					 definition of a Class A explosive or a Class B explosive, as defined in §
					 261.23(a)(8), in which case it must be classed as an explosive,
(B) The material is forbidden to be offered
					 for transportation according to
					 49 CFR
					 172.101 and
					 49 CFR
					 173.21,
(C) It is determined that the predominant
					 hazard of the material containing an organic peroxide is other than that of an
					 organic peroxide, or
(D) According
					 to data on file with the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
					 in the U.S. Department of Transportation (see Note 3), it has been determined
					 that the material does not present a hazard in transportation.