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Hazardous Waste ManagementProgram

Environmental Health, Safety and Risk Management512-245-3616

RCRA Training - InitialSpring 2009

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Hazardous Waste Management

RCRA = Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

This Act Regulates the Management of Hazardous Waste

Texas State has a Hazardous Waste Management Program for the campus

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Hazardous Waste ProgramTexas State Hazardous Waste Program

Elements

GenerationSatellite Accumulation Areas

StorageCentral Accumulation Areas

Spill ResponseTraining

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Hazardous Waste ManagementWhy do we have a program?

Safety to faculty, staff and students

TxState is a large quantity generator(>2200 lb/month or >2.2 lb/month for acute hazardous, P-listed)

Regulated by Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

“Cradle to Grave” responsibility for waste (from generation to final destruction/disposal)

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Waste Generation

Satellite Accumulation Areas

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Satellite Accumulation Areas (SAA)

A Satellite Accumulation Area is a storage location at or near any point of generation where hazardous wastes initially accumulate.

SAA have a limit on the amount of waste that can be accumulated

Regulation says 55 gallons, Texas State Program says 30 gallons

There are about 40 SAA locations on campus

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Satellite Accumulation Area Locations

Freeman Aquatic Building/EARDCSupple ScienceChemistryPhysical Plant HVAC ShopPhysical Plant GroundsPhysical Plant Paint ShopWest Campus Paint ShopJC Mitte, RF MittePrint Shop on RR12SabinalAg Building (Family and Consumer Science)TheaterLBJ Student CenterLampasas

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SAA Requirements1. Compatible Containers/Labeled Correctly

EHSRM provides you with waste tags and containers Keep lids on the containers when not in use

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SAA Requirements (cont.)

2. Provide secondary containment for containers (protect floor drains)

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SAA Requirements (continued)

3. Post Emergency Contact Information

4. Have spill control materials available

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Empty Containers?

1. What can you do with empty chemical bottles?

2. OK to put them in the trash if:

• The bottle has been rinsed three times (triple rinsed)

• The rinsate is put in one of the waste containers for EHSRM to pick up (OK to combine with aqueous waste)

Empty containers can go to trash

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Compressed Gas Cylinders

Butane, propane bottles

Spray Paint

Empty if they are at atmospheric pressure. Release all pressure by use or discharge.

OK to then dispose in the dumpster.

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How Do SAAs Request Pickups?At the end of the week, EHSRM will e-mail

our contacts at the SAAs to ask if you need a pickup…respond to e-mail

Or you can call our office at 245-3616

Or you can complete and submit a Waste Pickup Request Form on our web site:

http://www.fss.txstate.edu/ehsrm/forms/HazWastePU.html

EHSRM pays for waste disposal

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Waste CharacterizationWhat happens to your waste once it is

picked up?

We take it to our Central Accumulation Area (CAA)

We conduct field tests for characterization

We assign a Texas Waste Code to the waste label

We store each waste by its waste code

We keep a weekly pickup inventory and running inventory of the waste in the CAA.

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Waste Characterization

All wastes are classified as Hazardous or Class 1 Industrial

Examples of Hazardous Waste acid wastesolvent wasteaqueous waste with metals

Examples of Class 1 Industrial Nonhazardous Wastelatex paint rinse watermolybdenum testing wastewaterphoto developer

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Container Accumulation Area (CAA)Located in RFMitte Service YardLess Than 90-Day Storage (i.e. no permit required)Engineering Controls and Emergency Equipment

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CAA Engineering Controls and Emergency Equipment

Secondary ContainmentNo Drains Provided to

BuildingSpill Response Supplies

Stocked in BuildingEmergency phone

numbers postedExplosion Proof Lighting

and ElectricalControlled AccessFire Suppression SystemEmergency Eyewash and

Shower

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Container Accumulation Area Emergency Response Equipment

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Emergency Response Procedures

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Emergency Response Procedures

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Emergency Response Procedures

Reporting emergencies Call 911

Campus University Police Department is the Emergency Coordinator.

Cell phone will, in all likelihood, connect to City of San Marcos emergency services.

Be prepared to give name, location, type of emergency, assistance being requested.

City of San Marcos 911 will contact UPD if the emergency is on campus.

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Emergency Response Procedures

Initial Response Actions

Personnel and Public Safety is first priority

Look for the Spill Kit in the Satellite Accumulation Area

Eliminate sources of ignitionFlamesStatic electricityVehicle engines

Isolate the source of the discharge, minimize further flowUpright containersPlace granular absorbent or absorbent pads on spill

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Emergency Response Procedures

The City of San Marcos Fire Department is the primary responder

Fire Department may call mutual aid emergency services: sheriff, police, ambulance

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Emergency Response ProceduresEHSRM will assist City of San Marcos Emergency

Response

EHSRM will provide internal and external notifications

EHSRM will activate the local response team

EHSRM will activate Response Contractor, if necessary

EHSRM will provide cleanup documentation

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Hazardous Waste Management

TRAINING

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TrainingRequired for people working with

hazardous waste

Initial Training followed by an annual update

Must be provided by qualified personnel

Must be documented

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TrainingEHSRM provides training through

TRACSOnsite instructionClassroom instruction at our office

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Training

Training records are maintained at the EHSRM office

Maintained for three years after an employee leaves

Open for review by TCEQ field inspectors

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Questions?Contact EHSRM at 245-3616 or

Check our website at:

http://www.fss.txstate.edu/ehsrm/

Proceed to next slide for test procedure

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Program Test ReminderNow proceed to the

“Assessment” link to take the ten question test.

This must be done in order to complete the training.

You must pass with a 70% or greater.