Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 600-699 - Environmental Protection - Hazardous Waste Management › Chapter NR 668 - Hazardous Waste Land Disposal Restrictions › Subchapter E - Prohibitions on Storage › Section NR 668.50 - Prohibitions on storage of restricted wastes

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Except as
				  provided in this section, the storage of hazardous wastes restricted from land
				  disposal under this chapter or
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				  USC 6924 is prohibited, unless all of the
				  following conditions are met:
(a) A generator
				  stores the wastes in tanks, containers, or containment buildings on-site solely
				  for the purpose of the accumulation of quantities of hazardous waste necessary
				  to facilitate proper recovery, treatment or disposal, and a generator complies
				  with the requirements in ss. NR 662.016 and 662.017 and chs.
				  NR 664 and 665.
(b) An owner or operator of a hazardous waste
				  treatment, storage or disposal facility stores the wastes in tanks, containers
				  or containment buildings solely for the purpose of the accumulation of
				  quantities of hazardous waste necessary to facilitate proper recovery,
				  treatment or disposal, and all of the following additional conditions are met:
1. Each container is clearly marked to
				  identify its contents and with all of the following:
a. The words "Hazardous Waste ."
b. The applicable EPA hazardous waste number,
				  EPA hazardous waste codes as specified in subchs. C and D of ch. NR 661; or use
				  a nationally recognized electronic system, such as bar coding that identifies
				  the EPA hazardous waste number.
c.
				  An indication of the hazards of the contents. Examples to indicate a hazard
				  include the applicable hazardous waste ignitable, corrosive, reactive, or toxic
				  characteristic; hazard communication consistent with the department of
				  transportation requirements under 49 CFR part 172 subpart E on labeling or
				  subpart F on placarding; a hazard statement or pictogram consistent with the
				  occupational safety and health administration hazard communication standard
				  under
				  29 CFR
				  1910.1200; or a chemical hazard label
				  consistent with the national fire protection association code 704.
d. The date each period of accumulation
				  begins.
2. Each tank is
				  clearly marked with a description of its contents, the quantity of each
				  hazardous waste received and the date each period of accumulation begins, or
				  the information for each tank is recorded and maintained in the operating
				  record at that facility. Regardless of whether the tank itself is marked, an
				  owner or operator shall comply with the operating record requirements specified
				  in s.
				  NR 664.0073 or
				  s.
				  NR
				  665.0073.
(c) A transporter stores manifested shipments
				  of the wastes at a transfer facility for 10 days or less.
(d) A healthcare facility accumulates such
				  wastes in containers on-site solely for the purpose of the accumulation of such
				  quantities of hazardous waste pharmaceuticals as necessary to facilitate proper
				  recovery, treatment, or disposal and the healthcare facility complies with the
				  requirements specified in ss. NR 666.502 and 666.503.
(e) A reverse distributor accumulates such
				  wastes in containers on-site solely for the purpose of the accumulation of such
				  quantities of hazardous waste pharmaceuticals as necessary to facilitate proper
				  recovery, treatment, or disposal and the reverse distributor complies with s.
				  NR 666.510.