California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 4.5 - Environmental Health Standards for the Management of Hazardous Waste › Chapter 14 - Standards for Owners and Operators of Hazardous Waste Transfer, Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities › Article 14 - Landfills › Section 66264.316 - 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 contained waste. 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 must 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 section
				  66264.314(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
				  66264.17(b).
(d) Incompatible wastes, as defined in
				  article 1 of this chapter, shall not be placed in the same outside
				  container.
(e) Reactive wastes,
				  other than cyanide- or sulfide-bearing waste as defined in section
				  66261.23(a)(5) of
				  this chapter, 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 packed 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 the 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 DOT specifications in 49 CFR 173.12 and be overpacked
				  according to the requirements of subsection (b) of this section.
1. New
					 section filed 5-24-91; operative 7-1-91 (Register 91, No. 22).
2.
					 Amendment of subsections (b)-(c) and NOTE filed 8-8-95 as an emergency;
					 operative 8-8-95 (Register 95, No. 32). A Certificate of Compliance must be
					 transmitted to OAL by 12-6-95 or emergency language will be repealed by
					 operation of law on the following day.
3. 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).
4. Amendment of section heading and
					 subsection (f) filed 1-31-96; operative 1-31-96 (Register 96, No.
					 5).
5. 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,
						58004
						and
						58012,
						Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections
						25150,
						25159
						and
						25159.5,
						Health and Safety Code; 40
						CFR Section
						264.316.