The following definitions apply to rules 3745-52-200 to
3745-52-216
of the Administrative Code:
(A) "Central accumulation area"
means an on-site hazardous waste accumulation area subject to either paragraphs
(A) to (B) of rule
3745-52-34
of the Administrative Code (large quantity generators), or paragraphs (D) to
(F) of rule
3745-52-34
of the Administrative Code (small quantity generators). A central accumulation
area at an eligible academic entity that chooses to be subject to rules
3745-52-200 to
3745-52-216
of the Administrative Code shall also comply with rule
3745-52-11
of the Administrative Code when accumulating unwanted material or hazardous
waste.
(B)
(A) "College" or "university" means a private or
public, post-secondary, degree-granting, academic institution, that is
accredited by an accrediting agency listed annually by the U.S. department of
education.
(C)
(B) "Eligible academic entity" means a college or
university, or a non- profit research institute that is owned by or has a
formal written affiliation agreement with a college or university, or a
teaching hospital that is owned by or has a formal written affiliation
agreement with a college or university.
(D)
(C) "Formal written
affiliation agreement for a non-profit research institute" means a written
document that establishes a relationship between institutions for the purposes
of research or education and is signed by an "authorized representative of a
facility," as defined in rule
3745-50-10
of the Administrative Code, from each institution. A relationship on a
project-by-project or grant-by-grant basis is not considered a formal written
affiliation agreement.
(E)
(D) "A formal written
affiliation agreement for a teaching hospital" means a master affiliation
agreement and program letter of agreement, as defined by the "Accreditation
Council for Graduate Medical Education," with an accredited medical program or
medical school.
(F)
(E) "Laboratory" means an area owned by an eligible
academic entity where relatively small quantities of chemicals and other
substances are used on a non-production basis for teaching or research (or
diagnostic purposes at a teaching hospital) and are stored and used in
containers that are easily manipulated by one person. Photo laboratories, art
studios, and field laboratories are considered laboratories. Areas such as
chemical stockrooms and preparatory laboratories that provide a support
function to teaching or research laboratories (or diagnostic laboratories at
teaching hospitals) are also considered laboratories.
(G)
(F)
"Laboratory clean-out" means an evaluation of the inventory of chemicals and
other materials in a laboratory that are no longer needed or that have expired
and the subsequent removal of those chemicals or other unwanted materials from
the laboratory. A clean-out may occur for several reasons. It may be on a
routine basis (e.g., at the end of a semester or academic year) or as a result
of a renovation, relocation, or change in laboratory supervisor or occupant. A
regularly scheduled removal of unwanted material as required by rule
3745-52-208
of the Administrative Code does not qualify as a laboratory
clean-out.
(H)
(G) "Laboratory worker" means a person who handles
chemicals or unwanted material in a laboratory and may include, but is not
limited to, faculty, staff, post-doctoral fellows, interns, researchers,
technicians, supervisors or managers, and principal investigators. A person
does not need to be paid or otherwise compensated for work in the laboratory to
be considered a laboratory worker. Undergraduate and graduate students in a
supervised classroom setting are not laboratory workers.
(I)
(H)
"Non-profit research institute" means an organization that conducts research as
its
the
organization's primary function and files as a non-profit organization
under the tax code of
26 U.S.C.
501(c)(3).
(J)
(I)
"Reactive acutely hazardous unwanted material" means an unwanted material that
is one of the acutely hazardous commercial chemical products listed in
paragraph (E) of rule
3745-51-33
of the Administrative Code for reactivity.
(K)
(J) "Teaching
hospital" means a hospital that trains students to become physicians, nurses,
or other health or laboratory personnel.
(L)
(K) "Trained professional" means a person who has
completed the applicable hazardous waste training requirements of rule
3745-65-16
3745-52-17 of the Administrative Code for large
quantity generators, or is knowledgeable about normal operations and
emergencies in accordance with
paragraph (D)(5)(c)
of rule
3745-52-34
3745-52-16
of the Administrative Code for small quantity generators and
conditionally exempt
very small quantity generators. A trained professional
may be an employee of the eligible academic entity or may be a contractor or
vendor who meets the requisite training requirements.
(M)
(L)
"Unwanted material" means any chemical, mixtures of chemicals, products of
experiments, or other material from a laboratory that is no longer needed,
wanted, or usable in the laboratory and that is destined for hazardous waste
determination by a trained professional. Unwanted materials include reactive
acutely hazardous unwanted materials and materials that may eventually be
determined not to be waste pursuant to rule
3745-51-02 of
the Administrative Code, or a hazardous waste pursuant to rule
3745-51-03
of the Administrative Code. If an eligible academic entity elects to use
another equally effective term in lieu of unwanted material, as allowed by
paragraph (A)(1)(a) of rule
3745-52-206
of the Administrative Code, the equally effective term has the same meaning and
is subject to the same requirements as unwanted material under rules
3745-52-200 to
3745-52-216
of the Administrative Code.
(N)
(M) "Working
container" means a small container (i.e., two gallons or less) that is in use
at a laboratory bench, hood, or other work station, to collect unwanted
material from a laboratory experiment or procedure.
[Comment: For dates of non-regulatory government publications,
publications of recognized organizations and associations, federal rules, and
federal statutory provisions referenced in this rule, see rule
3745-50-11
of the Administrative Code titled "Incorporated by
reference."]