WISCONSIN SPECIAL WASTE REQUIREMENTS UNIVERSAL WASTE

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WISCONSIN SPECIAL WASTE REQUIREMENTS UNIVERSAL
WASTE

• State of Wisconsin
• Risk Management Seminar
• November 5, 2003

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ENCOURAGE RECYCLING

• EASE REGULATORY BURDEN
• PROMOTE POLLUTION PREVENTION
• PROVIDE COLLECTION SITES

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SPECIAL WASTE UPDATE, UNIVERSAL WASTE

• Federal Universal Wastes
• Batteries
• Certain Recalled Pesticides
• Mercury Containing Thermostats
• Fluorescent Lamps

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UNIVERSIAL WASTES cont.

• Batteries
• Not including spent lead-acid batteries managed
  under s. NR 625.12, Wis. Adm. Code, batteries
  which are not yet considered waste, and batteries
  which are not hazardous waste
• 690.05, Wis. Adm. Code

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APPLIES TO CERTAIN PESTICIDES

• MAY BE OUTDATED OR RECALLED
• Certain Recalled Pesticides
• Including some pesticides suspended or canceled
  by FIFRA (Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
  Rodenticide Act)
• NR 690.06, Wis. Adm. Code

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MERCURY THERMOSTATS

• Mercury Containing Thermostats
• Which fail TCLP (Toxicity Characteristic Leaching
  Procedure)
• NR 690.07, Wis. Adm. Code

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WI Specific Universal Waste

• Mercury Waste
• Sealed Hg Containing Devices
• thermometers, switches, thermocouples
• Containers of Hg
• Unsealed Hg containers and containers
  of Hg removed from source
  (Barometers and Manometers)

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WI Specific Universal Waste

• Wisconsin Only Universal Wastes
• (690 Rule Revision)
• Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs)
• Computer Monitors and TV Tubes
• Spent Lamps (EPA codified)
• Fluorescent Tubes and Mercury Vapor Lamps

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REGULATED CATEGORIES

• SQG-,lt5,000 Kg WASTE
• LQG,gt5,000 Kg WASTE
• TRANSPORTER
• DESTINATION FACILITY

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Handlers Requirements for SQH

• Recycle waste
• Labeling requirements
• Accumulation limits (1 year)
• Employee training
• Spills response

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Handlers common questions

• Hazardous Waste Reporting Requirements do not
  Apply
• Exempt from annual reporting, does not count
  toward generator status-SQG/SQG/LQG
• Manifest is Not Required
• accumulating waste generated by others please
  contact DNR

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Handlers LQH only

• Additional requirements for LQH
• -EPA ID number
• -Recordkeeping

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RECYCLING STANDARDS

• INCLUDE LICENSED TSD
• COLLECTION FACILITY VSQG/ LQG
• HW RECYCLING FACILITY

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THE NEXT STEP-UWR UPDATE

• CIRCUIT BOARDS
• SHREDDER FLUFF
• PHOTOGRAPHIC NEGATIVES
• CAPACITORS
• PCB BALLASTS
• LEADED GLASS
• NEON SIGNS
• USED ANTIFREEZE

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Resources

• PUBLICATIONS -WDNR-Web site dnr.state.wi.us/org
  /wm/publications/
• WDNR ON LINE GUIDANCE INFORMATION-8/03
• MGT. OF USED ANTI-FREEZE-old version 1998 NEW
  DRAFT-WA-356-2003
• WASTE FLUORESCENT LAMPS INCANDESCENT BULBS
  SW-195-2003
• MANAGING USED COMPUTERS- WA-420-99-WILL BE
  UPDATED LATE 2003/2004

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Resources

• MEMO-MGT. OF CATHODE RAY TUBES-7/10/03- UP TO
  DATE INFORMATION
• UW EXT-SHWEC GUIDANCE www.shwec.uwsp.edu
• CONTAINS GOOD INFORMATION ON HOUSEHOLD
  BATTERY,PESTICIDE WASTE REDUCTION, RECYCLING USED
  COMPUTERS AND ELECTRONICS

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SPECIAL WASTE REQUIREMENTS

• E. TALKING POINTS-
• UNIVERSAL WASTE DRAFT INSPECTION FORM- 6/03
  COMMENTS WELCOME
• TABLE EPA-COMMON Hg PRODUCT REGS IN GREAT LAKES
  AREA-1998
• VENDOR CONTRACT -ONYX ENV. SERVICES
• INFORM WEB SITE-STATEGIES FOR A BETTER
  ENVIRONMENT-PRODUCTS CONTAINING - PBTs

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CLOSING COMMENTS

• Waste Minimization, Use up product, give it away,
  sell it, keep it out of the facility if you dont
  need it
• Dont generate more waste than you have to
• Ask for help, search the WEB
• RRR.Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, in this order

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CLOSING COMMENTS

• DO NOT END UP LIKE THIS POOR OL POSSUM
• FOLLOW NR 690

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CLOSING COMMENTS

• Guidance SHWEC.uwsp.edu includes SW-710-bulbs,
  720- clean sweep, 725-used electronics and CRTs
• WDNR SW-742 Universal Waste Rule Updated on
  12/5/02, many others will be available, expect
  future updates revisions, latest is used
  Anti-Freeze, many others being Updated, Pulled,
  Exhausted, Reprinted this year.
• QUESTIONS? Thanks...

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State of WI Risk Management Seminar - 11/5/03

• John C. Schwabe CHMM, P.S.
• Waste Management Specialist-Senior
• Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
• Waste Management Program
• Address 141 NW Barstow Street, Suite 180
• Waukesha, WI 53188-3789
• John.Schwabe_at_dnr.state.wi.us
• Since 1996, Statewide Special Waste Team Member
• PHONE [phone] FAX [phone]

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Used Antifreeze Management New
Directions
Kendra Kennell Wisconsin DNR Kendra.Kennell_at_dnr.st
ate.wi.us
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Handler Requirements
Small Quantity Handlers- Accumulates no more than
5,000 kg of combined universal waste on-site at
any time. Large Quantity Handlers-Accumulates
greater than 5,000 kg of combined universal waste
on-site at any time

• Small Quantity Handlers
• Keep Tanks and Containers in Good Condition
• Monitor Used Antifreeze Quantities
• Train your Employees
• Keep it Separate
• Respond to Releases

• Additional Large Quantity Handler Requirements
• Notify the Department
• Maintain shipping records for three years

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Transportation Requirements

• When Receiving Used Antifreeze
• If a handler receives a shipment containing
  non-universal hazardous waste, the handler shall
  immediately contact the department.
• If handler receives a shipment of non-hazardous,
  non-universal waste, the handler should manage it
  in compliance with applicable federal, state, and
  local solid waste requirements.
• Upon rejection by receiving facility, originating
  handlers should take back the antifreeze or send
  to an alternative facility

• When Shipping Used Antifreeze
• Meet applicable DOT Requirements
• Self transportation is allowed in accordance with
  standard in NR 690, subchapter IV
• Handler should ensure that the receiving handler
  or destination facility has agreed to receive the
  shipment
• Upon rejection by receiving facility, originating
  handlers should take back the antifreeze or send
  to an alternative facility

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Types of Destination Facilities
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Types of Destination Facilities
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Types of Destination Facilities
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Destination Facility Requirements
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Destination Facility Requirements
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Marty Herrick Presentation
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Managing Treated Wood Wastes

• Marty Herrick, P.E.
• Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
• 11/05/2003

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Common Wood Preservatives

• The three most common types of treated wood are
• 1. Pentachlorophenol (Penta)
• 2. Creosote
• 3. Chromated Copper Arsenate (CCA)

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Penta Treated Wood

• Penta
• Was used for telephone poles,structural timbers
  and some fence posts,
• May have been used with other wood preserving
  formulations. Possibly mixed with creosote for
  railroad (RR) ties in Canada.
• The preservative could be purchased over the
  counter for consumer application.

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Creosote Treated Wood

• Formulation is very complex with consistency
  similar to tar or No. 6 fuel oil
• Typically used in manufacturing RR ties,
  structural timbers and fence posts w/a lot of
  production in Wisconsin
• For RR ties, oak was commonly specified.

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CCA Treated Wood

• Commonly used for wet locations and manufactured
  in all standard lumber dimensions.
• Most production is ceasing by January of 2004 but
  not all. It will still be used for treating
  power poles and other commercial application's.
• While green is the common color which weathers
  with time it has also been produced in other
  colors such as brown and gray.

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Disposal of Treated Wastes

• All three types of treated wood can be regulated
  as hazardous wastes under NR 600-685, Wis.
  Adm.Code as they are considered carcinogens and
  systemic toxicants w /long term chronic effects.
  
• Post consumer disposal is not a listed hazardous
  waste but can be a characteristic hazardous
  waste based on testing or applying knowledge of
  the material.

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Hazardous Waste Exemptions

• Household waste is exempt from regulation under
  the NR 600 series.
• Definition of a household includes garbage,trash,
  sanitary wastes from septic systems derived from
  single and multiple residences, hotels and motel
  etc.
• Discarded arsenical-treated wood waste which
  fail toxicity characteristic for hazardous waste
  codes D004-D017 and which is not a hazardous
  waste for any other reason if the waste is
  generated by persons who use it for its intended
  end use

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Hazardous Waste Exemptions Contd

• Discarded arsenical (CCA) treated wood which
  fails the Toxicity Characteristic Leaching
  Procedure(TCLP) for hazardous waste codes
  D004-D017 and is not a hazardous waste for any
  other reason and is generated by persons who used
  it for its intended end use.

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Summary Table

• Refer to table at end of the handout

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Contact

• Marty Herrick, DNR, LaCrosse Service Center (608)
  789-5518 or E-Mail herrim_at_dnr.state.wi.us