USC EH

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USC EHSHazardous Waste Training
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• Hazardous Waste training is an ANNUAL
  requirement. Please plan to recertify this
  training again within one year of todays date if
  you are still working in an area that may produce
  hazardous waste.
• Training options
• Training class
• Online refresher

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Why we train

• Safety
• DHEC and EPA Environmental Auditing
• Common violations found at Colleges and
  Universities
• 1. Failure to train
• 2. Improper labeling, unlabeled containers
• 3. Open containers

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Define Waste

• A waste is ANY solid, liquid or contained gaseous
  material that
• is beyond its expiration date
• OR
• is no longer viable for its intended purpose and
  is to be discarded.

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2 Types of Hazardous Waste

• Characteristic Hazardous Waste
• Ignitability (flammable liquids and gases
  flashpoint lt140F, oxidizers)
• Corrosivity (pH ? 2, acidic, or pH ? 12.5, basic)
• Reactivity (air and water-reactive, produce toxic
  fumes)
• Toxicity (potentially threaten human or wildlife
  health)

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2 Types of Hazardous Waste

• Listed Hazardous Wastes
• P-listed Acutely toxic
• U-listed Toxic organic wastes
• F-listed Non-specific source wastes
• Example Spent Acetone
• K-listed Specific-source wastes

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Container Selection

• By request, USC Environmental Health and Safety
  provides HDPE containers for the accumulation of
  hazardous waste.
• Container requests must be made through the Waste
  Database.

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Container Selection

• If you opt to store hazardous waste in a
  container not provided by USC EHS, please follow
  these guidelines
• 1. Check MSDS for container/waste
  compatibility
• 2. Make certain container is capable of
  closing and keep it closed except when
  adding waste.

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Labeling Requirements

• Must have Federal/State statementIf found,
  contact Hazardous Waste Manager at 777-5269, USC
  Police at 777-9111 or the SC Department of Health
  and Environmental Control.
• PI Name, Phone Number, Building and Room Number
• Chemical Identity NO Trade Names or Chemical
  Formulas, ONLY Technical Names

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USC Pre-Printed Labels
Any waste container must be labeled as soon as
waste is added to that container.
Belinda Gravel
7-5269
306 Benson
Ethanol 35
Tetrahydrofuran 25
Water 40
LEAVE BLANK
10 L
10L Carboy
6.8
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Waste Collection

• Check MSDS for chemical compatibilities
• Commingling waste is NOT recommended, however if
  this is your chosen method
• 1. Do not mix incompatible wastes. Separate
  Acids from Bases, Organics from Oxidizers and
  Organics from Acids
• 2. Test Compatibility in Small Quantities
  prior to pouring off.

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Housekeeping

• Please ensure that all waste is handled
  cautiously.
• Spills must be cleaned up immediately.
• Spill materials that are contaminated with
  hazardous waste must be handled as hazardous
  waste.

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Waste Storage and Containment

• Designate a specific area for hazardous waste.
• Physical segregation of incompatible wastes is
  required by EPA and SCDHEC.
• Secondary containment is NOT required by EPA or
  SCDHEC, but HIGHLY recommended by USC EHS.
• Please ensure that the outside of all containers
  holding waste is clean. Dirty containers will
  not be picked up by EHS.

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Waste Storage andContainment

• EPA limits waste storage to 55 gallons per
  accumulation area (laboratory or work area).
• If you exceed 55 gallons of waste in your
  accumulation area do the following
• Place the date that you exceeded 55 gallons on
  the hazardous waste tag below satellite
  accumulation date.
• Contact Belinda Gravel for a waste pick-up. The
  waste must be removed from your area within 72
  hours.

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Inspecting Storage Area

• Check laboratory hazardous waste storage areas
  for the following on a regular schedule
• 1. Container labels and their accurate
  completion,
• 2. Closed containers,
• 3. Bulging containers,
• 4. Cracked containers,
• 5. Spills and Housekeeping.

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Inspecting Storage Area

• Routine inspections are not required, but HIGHLY
  recommended.
• EHS will inspect the labs annually

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Glove Disposal

• If gloves are contaminated with a hazardous waste
  they must be disposed of as a hazardous waste.
• Laboratory personnel should use their best
  judgment and knowledge of their laboratory
  process to determine whether gloves have become
  contaminated.

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Shipping HazardousMaterials

• The shipment of hazardous materials is heavily
  regulated. Any person who ships a hazardous
  material must be trained and certified to do so.
• You Must contact Belinda Gravel or other trained
  EHS personnel at 777-5269
• for chemical shipping information or
• to initiate a shipment.

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Radiological Waste

• Do not mix radiological waste with hazardous
  waste.
• When possible do not comingle different
  radiological isotopes.

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Hot Topics

• Old Crusty, Dusty Rusty chemicals
• failure to make a waste determination.
• Waste Minimization
• Do not mix hazardous materials with non-hazardous
  materials.
• Do not mix toxic waste with other types of
  hazardous waste.
• Universal Waste
• All used lamps must be disposed of through EHS.
• Whole used fluorescent bulbs must be collected
  and labeled with the date they became waste and
  the words Used lamps.
• Broken Fluorescent Bulbs are considered Hazardous
  Waste and must be handled accordingly!

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In Case of Emergency

• Campus Emergency Number 777-9111
• Contact EHS 777-5269 for assistance with cleanup
  of spills greater than 4L.
• If you extinguish a fire in your lab you must
  contact Environmental Health and Safety to report
  the incident.
• If you clean up a chemical spill of greater than
  4L report the incident to Environmental Health
  and Safety.

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Consequences of Non-compliance

• Possible civil enforcement action.
• Up to 25,000 per violation per day penalty.
• Possible criminal enforcement action.
• If your Department is sent to enforcement and
  receives a civil penalty your Department will be
  responsible for paying the fine.

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Waste Removal

• Hazardous waste collection occurs on Wednesday,
  except in inclement weather.
• Please make requests for containers or for waste
  removal at the following web address
• https//webapps.csg.sc.edu/hwaste/

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For Questions oradditional information

• Please visit the USC EHS website _at_
• http//ehs.sc.edu
• or please contact
• Belinda Gravel
• University of South Carolina
• Hazardous Waste Manager
• gravelb_at_gwm.sc.edu
• [phone] office
• [phone] fax