Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Environmental Quality › Office of Waste Management & Radiological Protection › Hazardous Waste Management › Part 4 - TRANSPORTERS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE › Section R. 299.9405 - Consolidation and commingling of hazardous waste

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 405.
(1) A
				  transporter consolidating containers of hazardous waste shall ensure that the
				  original manifest for each hazardous waste container in the consolidated
				  shipment accompanies the shipment.
(2) A transporter commingling hazardous
				  wastes of the same DOT shipping description if the DOT hazard class and DOT
				  packing group remain the same shall comply with all of the following
				  requirements:
(a) 49 CFR part 173, as
				  applicable.
(b) Conduct
				  commingling, unless performed at the generator location when the load is first
				  received by the transporter, in a secondarily contained area that is
				  sufficiently impervious to prevent any hazardous waste or hazardous waste
				  constituent released into the containment system from migrating out of the
				  system to the soil, groundwater, or surface water.
(c) Ensure that commingled wastes are
				  destined for a single disposal facility.
(d) Ensure that incompatible wastes are not
				  commingled.
(e) Ensure that
				  commingled wastes do not undergo chemical or thermal change or treatment, and
				  ensure that the resultant waste retains both the physical and chemical
				  characteristics similar to the individual wastes before they were
				  commingled.
(f) Ensure that the
				  generator authorizes the commingling in accordance with
				  R
				  299.9309(4) and places in the special
				  handling instructions and additional information section of the manifest the
				  hazardous waste number followed by the letters "CS" and the associated manifest
				  line item, denoting the commingling activity.
(g) For bulk rail or bulk water shipments,
				  ensure that where the commingling of wastes results in the original shipment
				  being transported to the designated facility by more than 1 vehicle the extra
				  copies of the manifest as provided by the generator in accordance with
				  R
				  299.9309 accompany each of the vehicles and that the
				  transporter prepares a DOT-approved shipping paper and attaches the shipping
				  paper to the top of the manifest or manifests. The shipping paper must reflect
				  the differences from the original shipment in terms of quantity, count, and
				  DOT-approved packaging.
(h) Ensure
				  that where the commingling of wastes results in changes to the quantity, count,
				  or DOT-approved packaging on the generator manifest or manifests, the
				  transporter prepares a DOT-approved shipping paper and attaches the shipping
				  paper to the top of the manifest or manifests. The shipping paper must reflect
				  the differences from the original shipment in terms of quantity, count, and
				  DOT-approved packaging.
(i) Ensure
				  that, where a commingled load is rejected by the designated facility, all
				  generators contributing to the commingled load are contacted to designate an
				  alternate facility and that the rejected commingled wastes are not returned to
				  any single generator.