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LOAD CHECKING PROGRAMSRegulatory Requirements Versus Reality
Larry Sweetser, Sweetser & Associates, Inc.
aka Hazman
TOPICS FOR CONSIDERATION
• Authority
• Basic premise flaw
• Uncertain waste management
• Training
• Case studies
• Evaluation criteria
• Questions
AUTHORITY
• Solid Waste – CalRecycle/LEA/EA
• Solid waste facilities
• Hazardous waste – DTSC
• Manage hazardous and other prohibited wastes
• Everybody else
BASIC PREMISE FLAW
• Load checking
• Regulatory standard = 0
• Reality = best efforts
• Level of effort
• Effectiveness
UNCERTAIN WASTE MANAGEMENT
• E-waste
• Fluorescent lamps
• Solar panels
• Smoke alarms
• Medical waste & sharps
• Drug labs/Cannabis
• Asbestos
• Lithium batteries
E-WASTE???• Common term
• “E-waste” criteria
• Circuit board?
• LED display?
• Cord?
• Other?
• Future of e-waste project
Electronic
Device
Major
Appliance
Trash
Knowledge
Testing
UWED - E-WASTE• DTSC tested these as hazardous:
• Printers, • CPUs, • VCRs, • Cell phones, • Telephones, • Radios, and • Microwave ovens• DVD Players• LCD (flat) screens• CRT devices
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ELECTRONIC DEVICE
• Computer monitors
• Televisions
• Cash registers and oscilloscopes (CRT devices)
• Computers
• Computer peripherals
• Telephones
• Answering machines
• Radios
• Stereo equipment
• Tape players/recorders
• Phonographs
• Video cassette players/recorders
• Compact disc players/recorders
• Calculators, and
• Some appliances (not microwaves)
• “Electronic device” means any electronic device that either exhibits
the characteristic of toxicity and/or is a listed hazardous waste.
Examples include:
Title 22, CCCR, Section 66273.9
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ELECTRONICS WASTE LABEL
Typ
e` Covered
Electronic
Devices
Electronic
DevicesCRT CRT Glass
Exa
mp
les
Lab
el
Universal Waste–Electronic Device(s)Universal
Waste–CRT(s)
Universal Waste–
CRT Glass
Universal Waste–Electronic Device(s)/Universal Waste–CRT(s)/Universal Waste–
CRT Glass
Pro
gra
m
Payment
Program
CalRecycle
Market value
Payment
Program
CalRecycle
Market value
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BROKEN GLASS HANDLING
• Immediately contain all releases of CRT material, broken CRTs or any CRTs that shows evidence of breakage, leakage, or damage that could cause the release of lead or other hazardous constituents to the environment
• Residues can be managed as universal waste
• Containers shall be structurally sound, and compatible with the contents of the container
• Use personal protection
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FLUORESCENT LAMPS
SOLAR PANELS (PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES)
• SB 489 (2015)• Required regulation universal waste • Drafts in 2016 & 2017• No implementation date in sight
• NOT – E-waste (Electronic Device) (???)
• Panels coming in• E.g. $1,700 for two panels• No California processing options• Unknown disposition in other states
SMOKE ALARMS
• Look for Clues:
• Americium 241
• This device contains 0.9 Micro curies of Americium 241,
• a radioactive material
• 10CFR32.27 or NRC
• Ionizing or Ionization
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Medical Waste
• Regulated
• Non-regulated
Inside Red Bag
September 1, 2008Home sharps ban -
solid waste, recyclable
materials, or greenwaste
SB 212 coming
DRUG LABS
ASBESTOS
• Friable - crumbled with hand pressure • Title 8, §5208, Appendix G
• Nonfriable – e.g. transite pipe
• <1% Asbestos is not Hazardous• Title 22, §66261.24 (a)(2)
• Impossible to identify positively without lab analysis• Typically about $35/sample
LITHIUM BATTERIES
• Fires and incidents increasing
•Proven and suspected
•Use increasing
•Be prepared
TRAINING
• Required• Title 14/27 & RCRA Subtitle D• Title 22 hazardous waste• Title 8 CalOSHA• Others
• HAZWOPER Applicability
• Frequency
• Content
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CASE STUDIES
• Landfill – Friable asbestos disposal• Building owner & contractor knowleable• Landfill liability????
• Transfer Station – Toxic Evacuation• Illegal tote with resin• Evacuation• Illegal acceptance
• Lesions learned
LANDFILL ASBESTOS
• Building demolition
• Owner & Contractor knew asbestos present
• Send ~10 loads to landfill
• Landfill not permitted friable asbestos
• Loads load checked
• DA reaction …
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Weaverville transfer station
closed due to hazmat spill•Oct 28, 2016• 0
After a hazardous material spill was detected on the tipping floor, the Weaverville transfer station was closed to both the public and county workers Friday afternoon, Oct. 28, until further notice while a hazmat clean-up crew is brought in to deal with the situation.
EVALUATION CRITERIA
• Regulatory requirements
• What regulations require
• Operational features
• “Standard” operating procedures
• Observations
REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS
• Permit requirements
• Records
• Storage area
• Training
PERMIT REQUIREMENTS
• Program written/current• Customer notification• Load selection
• Representative• Frequency• Is it enough/too much?
• Records – complete?• Load check• Hazardous waste
FREQUENCY
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STORAGE AREA
• Unloading area temporary storage
• Transfer to longer term storage area
• Segregation
• Labeling
• Regulatory standards
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LOAD CHECKING RECORDS
• Document source• Truck number, license• Verification – route, labels, mail
• Record wastes• Types, amounts
• Document actions• Return, accept• Photograph
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TRAINING
• Stress safety
• HAZWOPER, First Responder Awareness Level
• Other safety trainings
• Site specific topics
• Document training
• Tailgate training, very useful
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OPERATIONAL FEATURES
• Observations• Monitor activities• Inquiries – staff and customers
• Collected wastes• Adequate• Sound • Compatibility
• Safety practices
TEMPORARY STORAGE, SEPARATION
• Acids• Muriatic• Hydrochloric• Car batteries• Sulfuric• Metal cleaner
• Neutral• Paints, • Solvents, • Pesticides• Roofing tar• Furniture polish
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Bases/Alkaline/Caustic Alkaline batteries
Ammonia
-hydroxide
Metal polish
Oxidizer Nitric
Oxidizer Bleach
“Oxy”
Oxidizer/Peroxide Ammonium Nitrate
Hydrogen Peroxide
MEK peroxide
Exceptions exist
Others
Ammunition, explosives, asbestos, propane
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TEMPORARY STORAGE
Hazardous Waste
Emptied Daily
Acid
Base
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END DUMP OVERTURNKEEP A SAFE DISTANCE
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UNLOADING
• Request the driver to assist with spreading the load in a long windrow
• An ideal windrow is below shoulder height, so the materials will not fall on you
QUESTIONS???
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