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 K - ALTERNATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE DETERMINATION AND ACCUMULATION OF UNWANTED MATERIAL FOR LABORATORIES OWNED BY ELIGIBLE ACADEMIC ENTITIES › Section 61-79.262.K.213 - Laboratory clean-outs

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 6, June 28, 2024
(a) One
				  time per 12 month period for each laboratory, an eligible academic entity may
				  opt to conduct a laboratory clean-out that is subject to all the applicable
				  requirements of this subpart, except that:
(1) If the volume of unwanted material in the
				  laboratory exceeds fifty-five (55) gallons (or one (1) quart of liquid reactive
				  acutely hazardous unwanted material or one (1) kilogram of solid reactive
				  acutely hazardous unwanted material), the eligible academic entity is not
				  required to remove all unwanted materials from the laboratory within ten (10)
				  calendar days of exceeding fifty-five (55) gallons (or one (1) quart of liquid
				  reactive acutely hazardous unwanted material or one (1) kilogram of solid
				  reactive acutely hazardous unwanted material), as required by section 262.208.
				  Instead, the eligible academic entity must remove all unwanted materials from
				  the laboratory within thirty (30) calendar days from the start of the
				  laboratory clean-out; and
(2) For
				  the purposes of on-site accumulation, an eligible academic entity is not
				  required to count a hazardous waste that is an unused commercial chemical
				  product (listed in R.61-79.261, subpart D or exhibiting one or more
				  characteristics in R.61-79.261, subpart C) generated solely during the
				  laboratory clean-out toward its hazardous waste generator category, pursuant to
				  R.61-79.262.13. An unwanted material that is generated prior to the beginning
				  of the laboratory clean-out and is still in the laboratory at the time the
				  laboratory clean-out commences must be counted toward hazardous waste generator
				  category, pursuant to R.61-79.262.13, if it is determined to be hazardous
				  waste; and
(3) For the purposes of
				  off-site management, an eligible academic entity must count all its hazardous
				  waste, regardless of whether the hazardous waste was counted toward generator
				  category under paragraph (a)(2) of this section, and if it generates more than
				  1 kg/month of acute hazardous waste or more than 100 kg/month of non-acute
				  hazardous waste (i.e., the very small quantity generator limits as defined in
				  R.61-79.260.10), the hazardous waste is subject to all applicable hazardous
				  waste regulations when it is transported off-site; and
(4) An eligible academic entity must document
				  the activities of the laboratory clean-out. The documentation must, at a
				  minimum, identify the laboratory being cleaned out, the date the laboratory
				  clean-out begins and ends, and the volume of hazardous waste generated during
				  the laboratory clean-out. The eligible academic entity must maintain the
				  records for a period of three years from the date the clean-out ends;
				  and