South Carolina Code of Regulations › Chapter 61 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL › Subchapter 61-79 - Hazardous Waste Management Regulations › Part 61-79.262 - STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO GENERATORS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE › Subpart A - GENERAL › Section 61-79.262.A.15 - Satellite accumulation area regulations for small and large quantity generators

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 6, June 28, 2024
(a) A
				  generator may accumulate as much as fifty-five (55) gallons of non-acute
				  hazardous waste and/or either one (1) quart of liquid acute hazardous waste
				  listed in R.61-79.261.31 or section 261.33(e), or one (1) kg (2.2 pounds) of
				  solid acute hazardous waste listed in R.61-79.261.31 or section 261.33(e) in
				  containers at or near any point of generation where wastes initially accumulate
				  which is under the control of the operator of the process generating the waste,
				  without a permit or interim status and without complying with the requirements
				  of R.61-79.124, 264, and 270, provided that all of the conditions for exemption
				  in this section are met. A generator may comply with the conditions for
				  exemption in this section instead of complying with the conditions for
				  exemption in section 262.16(b) or section 262.17(a), except as required in
				  section 262.15(a)(7) and (8). The conditions for exemption for satellite
				  accumulation are:
(1) If a container holding
				  hazardous waste is not in good condition, or if it begins to leak, the
				  generator must immediately transfer the hazardous waste from this container to
				  a container that is in good condition and does not leak, or immediately
				  transfer and manage the waste in a central accumulation area operated in
				  compliance with R.61-79.262.16(b) or 262.17(a).
(2) The generator must use a container made
				  of or lined with materials that will not react with, and are otherwise
				  compatible with, the hazardous waste to be accumulated, so that the ability of
				  the container to contain the waste is not impaired.
(3) Special standards for incompatible
				  wastes.
(i) Incompatible wastes, or
				  incompatible wastes and materials, (see appendix V of R.61-79.265 for examples)
				  must not be placed in the same container, unless R.61-79.265.17(b) is complied
				  with.
(ii) Hazardous waste must not
				  be placed in an unwashed container that previously held an incompatible waste
				  or material (see appendix V of R.61-79.265 for examples), unless
				  R.61-79.65.17(b) is complied with.
(iii) A container holding a hazardous waste
				  that is incompatible with any waste or other materials accumulated nearby in
				  other containers must be separated from the other materials or protected from
				  them by any practical means.
(4) A container holding hazardous waste must
				  be closed at all times during accumulation, except:
(i) When adding, removing, or consolidating
				  waste; or
(ii) When temporary
				  venting of a container is necessary
(A) For
				  the proper operation of equipment, or
(B) To prevent dangerous situations, such as
				  build-up of extreme pressure.
(5) A generator must mark or label its
				  container with the following:
(i) The words
				  "Hazardous Waste" and
(ii) An
				  indication of the hazards of the contents (examples include, but are not
				  limited to, the applicable hazardous waste characteristic(s) (i.e., ignitable,
				  corrosive, reactive, toxic); hazard communication consistent with the
				  Department of Transportation requirements at 49 CFR part 172 subpart E
				  (labeling) or subpart F (placarding); a hazard statement or pictogram
				  consistent with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Hazard
				  Communication Standard at
				  29 CFR
				  1910.1200; or a chemical hazard label
				  consistent with the National Fire Protection Association code 704).
(6) A generator who accumulates
				  either acute hazardous waste listed in R.61-79.261.31 or section 261.33(e) or
				  non-acute hazardous waste in excess of the amounts listed in paragraph (a) of
				  this section at or near any point of generation must do the following:
(i) Comply within three (3) consecutive
				  calendar days with the applicable central accumulation area regulations in
				  262.16(b) or R.61-79.262.17(a), or
(ii) Remove the excess from the satellite
				  accumulation area within three (3) consecutive calendar days to either:
(A) A central accumulation area operated in
				  accordance with the applicable regulations in section 262.16(b) or section
				  262.17(a);
(B) An on-site interim
				  status or permitted treatment, storage, or disposal facility, or
(C) An off-site designated facility;
				  and
(iii) During the
				  three (3)-consecutive-calendar-day period the generator must continue to comply
				  with paragraphs (a)(1) through (5) of this section. The generator must mark or
				  label the container(s) holding the excess accumulation of hazardous waste with
				  the date the excess amount began accumulating.
(7) All satellite accumulation areas operated
				  by a small quantity generator must meet the preparedness and prevention
				  regulations of 262.16(b)(8) and emergency procedures at section
				  262.16(b)(9).
(8) All satellite
				  accumulation areas operated by a large quantity generator must meet the
				  Preparedness, Prevention and Emergency Procedures in R.61-79.262 subpart
				  M.