Ohio Admin. Code 3745-68-16 - 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:
(A) Hazardous waste
shall
must be
packaged in non-leaking inside containers. The inside containers
shall
must be
of a design and constructed of a material that will not react dangerously with,
be decomposed by, or be ignited by the waste held therein. Inside containers
shall
must be
tightly and securely sealed. The inside containers shall
must be of the
size and type specified in the department of transportation (DOT) hazardous
materials regulations ( 49 CFR Parts 173, 178
,
and 179), if those regulations specify a particular inside container for
the waste.
(B) The inside
containers shall
must be overpacked in an open head DOT-specification
metal shipping container ( 49 CFR Parts 178 and 179 ) of no more thanfour-hundred-sixteen-liter
four hundred sixteen liter (one-hundred-ten
one hundred
ten gallon) capacity and surrounded by, at a minimum, a sufficient
quantity of sorbent materal
material ,
determined to be nonbiodegradable in accordance with paragraph (E) of rule
3745-68-14
of the Administrative Code, to completely sorb all of the liquid contents of
the inside containers. The metal outer container
shall
must be full after it has been
packed with inside containers and sorbent material.
(C) The sorbent material used
shall
must not
be capable of reacting dangerously with, being decomposed by, or being ignited
by the contents of the inside containers, in accordance with paragraph (B) of
rule
3745-65-17
of the Administrative Code.
(D)
Incompatible wastes, as defined in paragraph (A)
of rule
3745-50-10
of the Administrative Code,shall
must not be placed in the same outside container.
(E) Reactive waste, other
than cyanide-or-sulfide-bearing
cyanide- or sulfide-bearing waste as defined in
paragraph (A)(5) of rule
3745-51-23
of the Administrative Code,shall
must be treated or rendered non-reactive prior to
packaging in accordance with paragraphs (A) to (D) of this rule.
Cyanide-and
Cyanide-
and sulfide-bearing reactive waste may be packaged in accordance with
paragraphs (A) to (D) of this rule without first being treated or rendered
non-reactive.
(F) Such disposal is
in compliance with the requirements of Chapter 3745-270 of the Administrative
Code. Persons who incinerate lab packs according to the requirements in
paragraph (C)(1) of rule
3745-270-42
of the Administrative Code may use fiberboard drums in place of metal outer
containers. Such fiberboard drumsshall
must meet the DOT specifications in
49 CFR
173.12 and be overpacked according to the
requirements in paragraph (B) of this rule.
Notes
R.C. 119.032 review dates: Exempt
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3734.12
Rule Amplifies: 3734.12
Prior Effective Dates: 01/07/1983, 02/11/1992, 09/02/1997, 12/07/2000
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