Training

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Environmental Health Safety
Hazardous Waste Management Training
Instructor Michael P. Huyter CalPoly-Pomona 3801
West Temple Ave Pomona, CA 91768 Work ph
909-869-3230 Cell ph 951-733-6144 Fax
909-869-4698 E-mail mphuyter_at_csupomona.edu
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Outline

• What is a Hazardous Waste
• Completing a Hazardous waste tracking form /
  label
• Accumulation and Management
• Storage / Satellite Accumulation
• Waste Pick Up (s)
• Other Hazardous Waste Categories
• Treated Wood Waste
• Universal Waste (Includes E-Waste)
• Contact for additional information

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What is a Hazardous Waste?

• Waste classification laws are divided throughout
  many sections of four laws/codes (the United
  States Code, the Code of Federal Regulations, the
  California Health and Safety Code, and the
  California Code of Regulations
• The term Waste means any form of liquid,
  semi-liquid, solid, or gaseous material which no
  longer serves the purpose for which it was
  originally intended and is not excluded by law.
  Waste is legally defined in Title 22 California
  Code of Regulations(CCR) section 66261.2

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What is a Hazardous Waste ?

• Hazardous Waste is a waste which could
  potentially threaten human health or the
  environment. Hazardous Waste is defined in
  Title 22 CCR section 66261.3. This includes
  waste which exhibit one of four hazardous
  characteristics
• Ignitability (flammability)
• Corrosively
• Reactivity (oxidizer)
• Toxicity (poison)
• Note The us of an Material Safety Data Sheet
  will assist in determining if a substance is a
  hazardous waste.
• Contact EHS for assistance in identifying
  hazardous waste.

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What is a Hazardous Waste?

• A waste exhibits the characteristic of
  Ignitability (flammability) if it
• has a flash point less than 60 C (140 F).
• is a solid capable of causing fire through
  friction, absorption of moisture/water or
  spontaneous chemical change
• It is an oxidizer as defined in 49 CFR Section
  173.151
• It is an ignitable compressed gas as defined in
  49 CFR section 173.000.

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What is a Hazardous Waste?

• A waste exhibits the characteristic of
  Corrosively if it is
• aqueous and has a PH less than or equal to 2 or
  greater than or equal to 12.5
• corrodes steel at a rate greater than 6.35 mm
  (0.250 inch) per year
• Solid when mixed with an equivalent weight of
  water has a PH less than or equal to 2 or
  greater than or equal to 12.5.
• A waste exhibits the characteristic of Reactivity
  (e.g. Oxidizer) if it is
• Normally unstable
• Reacts violently with water/moisture
• Forms an explosive mixture with water
• Generates toxic gases when mixed with water
• Capable of detonation when subject to a strong
  initiating force
• Readily capable of detonation or explosive
  decomposition or reaction at a standard
  temperature and pressure.

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What is a Hazardous Waste?

• A waste exhibits the characteristic of Toxicity
  (e.g. poison) if it
• Contains a listed carcinogen at a concentration
  greater than or equal to 0.001 by weight.
• Has an acute LD50 or LC50 less than the specified
  levels of 2,500 mg/Kg 10,000 ppm or 500 mg/l or
  LD 50 dermal less than 4,300 Mg/Hg.
• Contains any of the substances at or above the
  concentrations listed in Table I (using TCLP),
  Table II (using STLC or TTLC) and / or Table III
  (using STLC or TTLC) in Section 66261.24 Title 22
  of the CCR, see appendix G of the Hazardous Waste
  Manual (http//www.csupomona.edu/ehs/ftp/HazWaste
  Manual.Doc
• Or experience or testing has shown it to be
  toxic.

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What is a Hazardous Waste?

• Background
• Federal Government and the State of California
  prohibit pouring/dumping of Hazardous Wastes down
  the drain, in the trash, on the ground, into
  bodies of water, or into storm drains.
• Management of Hazardous Wastes is strictly
  regulated to prevent poisoning people and the
  environment

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Universal Hazardous Waste

• Typical Hazardous Waste
• Reactives
• Flammables
• Toxics
• e.g. poisons, pesticides, herbicides,
  rodenticides, fungicides, insecticides
• Water Insolubles
• Used oil, grease
• Corrosives
• Acids, bases, alkaline materials, lead storage
  batteries
• These wastes are generated throughout campus
• Laboratories, maintenance shops, auto shops,
  medical examination/treatment rooms, in offices
  and in the application of pesticides/herbicides,
  etc.

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Filling out a Hazardous Waste Tracking Form/ Label

• Hazardous Material Name(s) and Concentration
  (s) is the first section.
• Here you enter the proper chemical name and
  concentration, if known (no chemical formulas).
• If the substance is unknown, write in unknown
  with a brief description of what you believe is
  in the container. (e.g. Unknown Oily substance
  with safe step - spill clean-up Bldg 3)
  
• Note All unknowns will not be picked up until
  identified by the generating department.
• Departments may be charged for analysis of
  unknowns. Costs can go up to and exceed 2,500

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Filling out a Hazardous Waste Tracking Form/Label

• Quantity
• A simple section but does provide important
  information required for tracking the waste.
  Remember that it is the size of the container,
  not the amount inside the container, that
  dictates quantity.
• CA Waste Nos
• Most important for tracking the waste is the
  three digit code printed on the back of page two,
  read each description and use the best
  description that pertains to your waste.
• Waste Class
• Choose from list on back side of form

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Filling Out A Hazardous Waste Tracking Form/Label

• Check the Gas, Liquid or Solid box
• to describe the form of the waste
• these boxes are located just below the Waste
  Category line.
• Boxes marked Research and Spill Cleanup
• these should be checked if the waste is not
  normal University waste from a Lab but waste from
  a research project or a small spill clean up
• Safety/Handling Precautions.
• Check all that apply or list other handling
  Instructions that maybe
• listed on the label of the container
• known precautions for the chemical
• or are just common sense precautions for
  handling any chemical.
• some simple common sense precautions to check,
  but are not limited to
• avoid eye and skin contact
• avoid prolong breathing of vapors.

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Filling Out A Hazardous Waste Tracking Form/Label

• Initial Accumulation Date The date that a waste
  chemical (gas, liquid or solid) is first placed
  into the container. If this date is unknown,
  use the date you are filling out the form for
  the waste.

• Final Accumulation Date
• The last day/date that a waste chemical (gas,
  liquid or solid) is or was placed into the
  container
• This is the responsibility of the person (s)
  generating the waste either from the Lab, from
  Research, or from spill clean up.

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Filling Out A Hazardous Waste Tracking Form/Label

• Prepared By
• Name of the person that generated the waste
• Please PRINT legibly
• Department
• This is a two or three letter abbreviation.
  (I.e., EHS / FM)
• Extension/Phone Number
• A number where the generator filling out the
  form can be reached
• Required for asking questions pertaining to the
  hazardous waste.

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Filling Out A Hazardous Waste Tracking Form/Label

• CODE NUMBER (upper right corner of form)
• Once the form is filled out, using tape or some
  form of a label that will stick to the container
• All containers Must be labeled from the first
  drop of waste put into the container
• Write the Code Number on the hazardous waste
  container (s)
• Leave the three part form together
• The Environmental Specialist or an EHS person
  will pick up your hazardous waste
• Thursday for the 4/10 schedule and Fridays for
  regular working hours
• The Environmental Specialist or the EHS person
  will match the code number on the form to the
  hazardous waste being picked up for disposal.

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Storage/Satellite Accumulation

• Current hazardous waste regulations, allows the
  University to hold hazardous waste on campus for
  only 90 days
• which is an accomplishable time frame with
  everyone working together this works out
  to one time each quarter which is the preferred
  method that keeps the University/Colleges
  from being fined
• Exemptions to Storage Regulations Satellite
  Accumulation
• Title 22, of the California Code of Regulations,
  Section 66262.34 e (Satellite Storage Areas)
• allows hazardous waste to be accumulated in
  containers for longer than 90 days under the
  following conditions

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Storage / Satellite Accumulation

• The accumulation location must be at or near the
  point of waste generation and under the control
  of the person in charge of the process generating
  the waste
• The total quantity of hazardous waste accumulated
  in the satellite storage area shall not exceed a
  total of 55 gallons of hazardous waste, 1 quart
  of acutely hazardous waste or 1 quart of
  extremely hazardous waste
• The hazardous waste cannot be accumulated in
  tanks

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Storage / Satellite Accumulation

• Containers
• The accumulation containers must be labeled with
  the composition of the waste, the physical form
  of the waste, the waste category, the initial
  accumulation date of the waste, and labeled with
  a completed Hazardous Waste Tracking Form,
  which has this required information once you fill
  it out properly
• Containers must be maintained in good condition
  (e.g. no rust or structural defects)
• Containers in poor condition must be replaced
• Waste shall not be accumulated, added to, or
  mixed in an unwashed transportation or storage
  container that previously contained an
  incompatible waste
• Incompatible waste shall not be mixed in the same
  container
• If in doubt DO NOT MIX

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Storage / Satellite Accumulation

• Once the quantity of hazardous waste stored
  within a Satellite Storage Area reaches the
  applicable quantity limitations of 55 gallons or
  1 quart, the container must be labeled with the
  final accumulation date, within 3 days and the
  waste transported to the Hazardous Materials
  Facility (building 118)
• Hazardous waste collected under the satellite
  accumulation exemption must be shipped off campus
  within 90 days of reaching the 55 gallon or 1
  quart quantity limit or 365 days from the initial
  accumulation date, which ever is less.

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Storage / Satellite Accumulation

• Inspections
• Each satellite storage area must be inspected on
  a Weekly Basis to insure that the
• containers are not leaking and are in good
  condition
• containers are properly separated to avoid mixing
  of incompatible wastes or materials
• containers are kept closed except when adding
  compatible waste to the container
• incompatible wastes are not stored in the same
  container
• a log must be maintained by each department to
  document weekly inspections
• The Satellite Accumulation Inspection Checklist
  found in
• Appendix B, of the Hazardous Waste Policy and
  Procedures Manual can be used to document this
  weekly inspection

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Waste Pick up (s)

• When or Before the waste is transported to the
  Hazardous Material Facility or picked up by
  Environmental Health and Safety Department
  Personnel
• the container(s) shall be inspected on the spot
  for a hazardous waste tracking form (complete
  with all three (3) copies)
• visible leakage
• secure caps or lids
• If the complete Waste Form
• is not attached
• filled out completely
• there is visible leakage
• or the cap or lids are not secure
• your waste will not be picked up until
  corrected
• Call 3230 for questions.

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Waste Pick Up (s)

• At the Hazardous Material Facility
• building 118 (behind building 45)
• the hazardous waste tracking form will be checked
  for proper Information
• and the receipt of material block signed off
• the green copy of the hazardous waste tracking
  form shall be returned to the department that
  generated the waste
• once the data is entered into the computer.

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Other Hazardous Waste Categories

• Treated Wood Waste
• Universal Waste
• includes E-Waste

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Treated Wood Waste (TWW)

• What is TWW?
• Wood treated with preserving chemicals
• Protecting the wood
• Insect attack
• Fungal decay
• Examples include
• Fence posts
• Landscape timbers
• Pilings
• Railroad ties
• Guardrails
• Decking

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Treated Wood Waste (TWW)

• Management Handling
• Dispose of as hazardous waste and not discarded
  in regular trash or to a landfill
• Do not
• burn, recycle, reclaim or reuse
• Reuse if following conditions met
• Reuse on campus
• Wood reuse in compliance with FIFRA approval for
  the wood preservative
• Shall not be stored for more than 90 days on
  campus
• Not treated on campus

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Treated Wood Waste

• Labeling use Hazardous waste tracking form
• Use information in table to complete tracking
  form.
• Additional Information on
• Collection, packaging short term storage, spill
  response and employee safety
• is available in Appendix I in the Hazardous Waste
  Manual http//www.csupomona.edu/ehs/fte/Haz
• WasteManual.doc

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Universal Hazardous Waste Sub Cateogory

• Universal Hazardous Waste are
• Batteries
• Electronic Devices or Consumer Electronic Devices
  
• Computers, computer peripherals, telephones,
  answering machines, radios, stereo equipment,
  tape players/recorders, phonographs, video
  cassette players/recorders, compact disc
  players/recorders, calculators, etc.
• Fluorescent Lights and Lamps Containing Mercury
• Sodium Vapor Lamps

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Universal Hazardous Waste Sub Category

• Mercury Thermostats
• Mercury Switches
• Aerosol Cans
• Dental Amalgam Wastes
• Pressure or Vacuum Gauges Containing Mercury
• Mercury-Added Novelties
• Shoes with flashing lights
• Mercury Counterweights and Dampers
• Mercury Thermometers
• Dilators and Weighted tubing
• Mercury-Containing Rubber Flooring
• Mercury Gas Flow Regulators

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Universal Hazardous Waste Sub Category

• Management of Universal Hazardous Waste
• Handle these as other waste by
• Filling out a green form.
• More detailed information is available on the
  EHS web site
• http//csupomona.edu/ehs/UniversalWaste.htm

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Where to get more information

• Material Safety Data Sheets
• Product Labels/Fact Sheets
• Equipment maintenance manuals and specifications
• Policy and Procedures Manuals
• Your Instructor or Supervisor
• Mike Huyter, Environmental Specialist
• Environmental Health and Safety Department
• Phone (909) 869 - 3230 or (909)869- 4697
• e-mail MPHuyter_at_csupomona.edu
• fax [phone]
• Building 81A