Hazardous Waste Definitions Fort Wainwright Alaska Environmental Officer

Hazardous Waste Definitions Fort Wainwright, Alaska Environmental Officer Course 2011 UNCLASSIFIED Name//office/phone/email address 1 2/28/2021

HAZARDOUS WASTE DEFINITIONS Outline I. Regulations II. Liabilities III. Responsibilities IV. Definition of Hazardous Waste V. Management VI. Disposal VII. Where to Obtain Assistance UNCLASSIFIED Name//office/phone/email address 2 2/28/2021

HAZARDOUS WASTE DEFINITIONS Regulations • U. S. EPA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Regulations 40 CFR Parts 260 -280 • Alaska Title 18 Chapter 62 • Do. D • AR 200 -1 • USARAK 200 -1 UNCLASSIFIED Name//office/phone/email address 3 2/28/2021

HAZARDOUS WASTE DEFINITIONS Criminal Liability Criminal Penalties § Up to 5 years in jail Civil Penalties § Up to $37, 500 per day per violation UNCLASSIFIED Name//office/phone/email address 4 2/28/2021

HAZARDOUS WASTE DEFINITIONS Military/Federal Civilian Liability • UCMJ for Military • Title 18 USC for Civilians UNCLASSIFIED Name//office/phone/email address 5 2/28/2021

HAZARDOUS WASTE DEFINITIONS Waste Defined A solid waste is any discarded material DISCARDED means abandoned recycled, inherently waste-like. CAN BE SOLID, SEMI-SOLID LIQUID, or GAS !! UNCLASSIFIED Name//office/phone/email address 6 2/28/2021

HAZARDOUS WASTE DEFINITIONS Abandoned • Disposed • Burned or incinerated – Even when burned for energy recovery • Accumulated, stored or treated in lieu of being abandoned UNCLASSIFIED Name//office/phone/email address 7 2/28/2021

HAZARDOUS WASTE DEFINITIONS Reclamation • MATERIALS no longer a waste unless: – Burned for energy recovery – Used in a manner constituting disposal • Commercial chemical products are not solid waste if they are used beneficially as products. UNCLASSIFIED Name//office/phone/email address 8 2/28/2021

HAZARDOUS WASTE DEFINITIONS Solid Waste Exclusions • Commercial chemical products applied to the land as ordinary manner of use – Pesticides and herbicides placed on a golf course • Commercial chemical products that are normal components of fuels and burned for energy recovery UNCLASSIFIED Name//office/phone/email address 9 2/28/2021

HAZARDOUS WASTE DEFINITIONS Hazardous Waste Defined To be a hazardous waste, a material first must be a solid waste. UNCLASSIFIED Name//office/phone/email address 10 2/28/2021

HAZARDOUS WASTE DEFINITIONS HW Criteria • The waste is a listed waste: – Generated during a process. – UNUSED commercial chemical products that are expired, off-specification, or discarded. • Characteristic Wastes – Other wastes not specifically listed but meet certain criteria for the following: – – Ignitability Corrosivity Reactivity Toxicity UNCLASSIFIED Name//office/phone/email address 11 2/28/2021

HAZARDOUS WASTE DEFINITIONS Process Wastes – F & K Lists • F listed wastes are from non-specific sources – Methylene chloride used for degreasing (F 001) – Methyl ketone used as a solvent (F 005) • For example: to clean paint guns • K listed wastes are from specific sources – Wastewaster treatment sludge from manufacturing explosives (K 044) UNCLASSIFIED Name//office/phone/email address 12 2/28/2021

HAZARDOUS WASTE DEFINITIONS Discarded Products P & U Lists • Examples include off-specification or expired products, container residues and spill residues – P listed wastes are acutely hazardous • P 095 - Phosgene • P 098 - Potassium Cyanide – U-listed are toxic • U 002 - Acetone • U 154 - Methanol UNCLASSIFIED Name//office/phone/email address 13 2/28/2021

HAZARDOUS WASTE DEFINITIONS How do we get P and U wastes? I ordered too much acetone. Now I have to get rid of it! UNCLASSIFIED Name//office/phone/email address 14 2/28/2021

HAZARDOUS WASTE DEFINITIONS Characteristic of Wastes • Ignitability • Corrosivity • Reactivity • Toxicity UNCLASSIFIED Name//office/phone/email address 15 2/28/2021

HAZARDOUS WASTE DEFINITIONS Ignitability • Liquid with flash point <140 °F • Solid that ignites easily and burns vigorously • Compressed flammable gas • Oxidizer • Coded as D 001 UNCLASSIFIED Name//office/phone/email address 16 2/28/2021

HAZARDOUS WASTE DEFINITIONS Corrosivity • Aqueous* solution with p. H ≤ 2 or ≥ 12. 5 – *Test method requires at least 20% water HW 0 HW 2. 0 7 12. 5 14 • Corrodes steel faster than 0. 25” per year at 130° F • Coded as D 002 UNCLASSIFIED Name//office/phone/email address 17 2/28/2021

HAZARDOUS WASTE DEFINITIONS Reactivity • Capable of detonation or explosion • Reacts violently with water • Forms toxic gases • EPA HW Number: D 003 UNCLASSIFIED Name//office/phone/email address 18 2/28/2021

HAZARDOUS WASTE DEFINITIONS Toxicity • TCLP* results exceed regulatory levels in Table 1 of 40 CFR 261. 24 • EPA HW Numbers: D 004 -D 043 UNCLASSIFIED Name//office/phone/email address 19 2/28/2021

HAZARDOUS WASTE DEFINITIONS Toxicity Codes TCLP Parameter Regulatory Limit (Maximum) EPA Hazardous Waste Number Arsenic 5. 0 mg/L D 004 Barium 100. 0 mg/L D 005 Cadmium 1. 0 mg/L D 006 Chromium 5. 0 mg/L D 007 Lead 5. 0 mg/L D 008 Mercury 0. 2 mg/L D 009 Selenium 1. 0 mg/L D 010 Silver 5. 0 mg/L D 011 Benzene 0. 5 mg/L D 018 Carbon Tetrachloride 0. 5 mg/L D 019 Chlorobenzene 100. 0 mg/L D 021 Chloroform 6. 0 mg/L D 022 1, 2 -Dichloroethane 0. 5 mg/L D 028 1, 1 -Dichloroethylene 0. 7 mg/L D 029 Methyl Ethyl Ketone (MEK) 200. 0 mg/L D 035 Tetrachloroethylene 0. 7 mg/L D 039 Trichloroethylene 0. 5 mg/L D 040 Vinyl Chloride 0. 2 mg/L D 043 UNCLASSIFIED Name//office/phone/email address 20 2/28/2021

HAZARDOUS WASTE DEFINITIONS Common HW at Motorpools • Used fuel filters • Used solvents • Rags used in maintenance activities • Paint thinner • Aerosol cans • Flameless ration heaters • Stryker belly sludge • Spill residue UNCLASSIFIED Name//office/phone/email address 21 2/28/2021

HAZARDOUS WASTE DEFINITIONS Common Wastes at Co. Areas • NBC Waste – Used mask filter canisters • Unit Supply – Used aerosol cans • Commo – Rags used for cleaning equipment – Used batteries (Universal Waste) • Arms Rooms – Cleaning materials contaminated with CLP • Aid Stations – Expired pharmaceuticals (generally non-hazardous) • MEDCOM can get monetary credit for turning in unused meds UNCLASSIFIED Name//office/phone/email address 22 2/28/2021

HAZARDOUS MATERIAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM END INSTALLATION MANAGEMENT COMMAND “Sustain, Support and Defend” UNCLASSIFIED Name//office/phone/email address 23 2/28/2021