N.D. Admin. Code 33-24-03-72

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024

Section 33-24-03-72 - Hazardous waste determination at an onsite central accumulation area

If an eligible academic entity makes the hazardous waste determination, pursuant to section 33-24-03-02, for unwanted material at an onsite central accumulation area, the eligible academic entity must comply with the following:

1. A trained professional must accompany all unwanted material that is transferred from the laboratory, or laboratories, to an onsite central accumulation area.

2. All unwanted material removed from the laboratory, or laboratories, must be taken directly from the laboratory, or laboratories, to the onsite central accumulation area.

3. The unwanted material becomes subject to the generator accumulation requirements of subsection 1 of section 33-24-03-12 for large quantity generators or subsections 4 through 6 of section 33-24-03-12 for small quantity generators as soon as the unwanted material arrives in the central accumulation area, except for the "hazardous waste" labeling requirements of subdivision c of subsection 1 of section 33-24-03-12.

4. A trained professional must determine, pursuant to section 33-24-03-02, if the unwanted material is a hazardous waste within four calendar days of the unwanted material's arrival at the onsite central accumulation area.

5. If the unwanted material is a hazardous waste, the eligible academic entity must:

a. Write the words "hazardous waste" on the container label that is affixed or attached to the container, within four calendar days of arriving at the onsite central accumulation area and before the hazardous waste may be removed from the onsite central accumulation area; and

b. Write the appropriate hazardous waste codes on the container label that is associated with the container (or on the label that is affixed or attached to the container) before the hazardous waste may be treated, or disposed of onsite or transported offsite; and

c. Count the hazardous waste toward the eligible academic entity's generator status, pursuant to subsections 3 and 4 of section 33-24-02-05 in the calendar month that the hazardous waste determination was made; and

d. Manage the hazardous waste according to all applicable provisions of 33-24, North Dakota hazardous waste management rules.

N.D. Admin Code 33-24-03-72

Adopted by Administrative Rules Supplement 2016-359, January 2016, effective 1/1/2016.

General Authority: NDCC 23-20.3-03

Law Implemented: NDCC 23-20.3-03, 23-20.3-04