Section 722.312  Hazardous Waste Determination at an On-Site Treatment, Storage, or Disposal Facility

When an eligible academic entity makes the hazardous waste determination, pursuant to Section 722.111, for unwanted material at an on-site interim status or permitted treatment, storage, or disposal facility, it must fulfill the following requirements:

a)         A trained professional must accompany all unwanted material that is transferred from the laboratory to an on-site interim status or permitted treatment, storage, or disposal facility;

b)         All unwanted material removed from the laboratory must be taken directly from the laboratory to the on-site interim status or permitted treatment, storage, or disposal facility;

c)         The unwanted material becomes subject to the terms of the eligible academic entity's hazardous waste permit or interim status as soon as it arrives at the on-site treatment, storage, or disposal facility;

d)         A trained professional must determine, pursuant to Section 722.111(a) through (d), if the unwanted material is a hazardous waste within four calendar days after the unwanted material has arrived at an on-site interim status or permitted treatment, storage or disposal facility; and

e)         If the unwanted material is a hazardous waste, the eligible academic entity must fulfill the following requirements:

1)         It must write the words "hazardous waste" on the container label that is affixed or attached to the container  within four calendar days after the unwanted material has arrived at the on-site interim status or permitted treatment, storage, or disposal facility and before the hazardous waste may be removed from that facility;

2)         It must write the appropriate USEPA hazardous waste numbers on the container label that is associated with the container (or on the label that is affixed or attached to the container, if that is preferred) before the hazardous waste may be treated or disposed of on-site or transported off-site;

3)         It must count the hazardous waste toward the amount used to determine the eligible academic entity's generator category, pursuant to 35 Ill. Adm. Code 722.113 in the calendar month that the hazardous waste determination was made; and

4)         It must manage the hazardous waste according to all applicable hazardous waste regulations.

(Source:  Amended at 42 Ill. Reg. 22047, effective November 19, 2018)