Section 33-24-05-185 - Disposal of small containers of hazardous waste in overpacked drums (lab packs)Small containers of hazardous waste in overpacked drums (lab packs) may be placed in a landfill if the following requirements are met:
1. Hazardous waste must be packaged in nonleaking inside containers. The inside containers must be of a design and constructed of a material that will not react dangerously with, be decomposed by, or be ignited by the contained waste. Inside containers must be tightly and securely sealed. The inside containers must be of the size and type specified in the department of transportation hazardous materials regulations [49 CFR, parts 173, 178, and 179], if those regulations specify particular inside container for the waste.2. The inside containers must be overpacked in an open head department of transportation specification metal shipping container [49 CFR, parts 178 and 179] of no more than four hundred sixteen-liter [110-gallon] capacity and surrounded by, at a minimum, a sufficient quantity of sorbent material, determined to be nonbiodegradable in accordance with subsection 4 of section 33-24-05-183, to completely sorb all of the liquid contents of the inside containers. The metal outer container must be full after it has been packed with inside containers and sorbent material.3. The sorbent material used must not be capable of reacting dangerously with, being decomposed by, or being ignited by the contents of the inside containers, in accordance with subsection 2 of section 33-24-05-08.4. Incompatible wastes, as defined in section 33-24-01-04, may not be placed in this same outside container.5. Reactive wastes, other than cyanide-bearing or sulfide-bearing waste, as defined in subdivision e of subsection 1 of section 33-24-02-13, must be treated or rendered nonreactive prior to packaging in accordance with subsections 1 through 4. Cyanide-bearing and sulfide-bearing reactive waste may be packed in accordance with subsections 1 through 4 without first being treated or rendered nonreactive.6. Such disposal is in compliance with the requirements of sections 33-24-05-250 through 33-24-05-299. Persons who incinerate lab packs according to the requirements in subdivision a of subsection 3 of section 33-24-05-282 may use fiber drums in place of metal outer containers. Such fiber drums must meet the department of transportation specifications in 49 CFR 173.12 and be overpacked according to the requirements in subsection 2.N.D. Admin Code 33-24-05-185
Effective January 1, 1984; amended effective December 1, 1988; December 1, 1991; January 1, 1994; December 1, 2003.Amended 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