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USC EH&S
Hazardous Waste Training
Hazardous Waste training is an ANNUAL
requirement. Please plan to recertify this
training again within one year of today’s
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:
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Failure to train
Improper labeling, unlabeled containers
Open containers
Define Waste…
• A waste is ANY solid, liquid or contained
gaseous material that
– is beyond it’s expiration date
OR
– is no longer viable for it’s intended purpose
and is to be discarded.
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2 Types of Hazardous Waste
1. Characteristic Hazardous Waste
– Ignitability (flammable liquids and gases –
flashpoint <140°F, 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
2. 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 EH&S,
please follow these guidelines:
1.
2.
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Check MSDS for container/waste
compatibility
Make certain container is capable of
closing and keep it closed
except when adding waste.
Labeling Requirements
• Must have Federal/State statement…”If
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
Tetrahydrofuran
Water
10 L
35
25
40
LEAVE BLANK
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.
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Test Compatibility in Small
Quantities prior to pouring off.
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
EH&S.
• Please ensure that the outside of all containers
holding waste is clean. Dirty containers will not
be picked up by EH&S.
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Waste Storage and
Containment
• 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.
2.
3.
4.
5.
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Container labels and their accurate completion,
Closed containers,
Bulging containers,
Cracked containers,
Spills and Housekeeping.
Inspecting Storage Area
• Routine inspections are not required, but
HIGHLY recommended.
• EH&S 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 Hazardous
Materials
• 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
EH&S personnel at 777-5269
for chemical shipping information or
to initiate a shipment.
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Shipping, con’t.
Due to Dept. of Homeland Security restrictions,
the University of South Carolina is prohibited
from shipment of the following chemicals:
Acetone cyanohydrin, stabilized
Lithium nitride
Potassium phosphide
Aluminum phosphide
Magnesium phosphide
Sodium cyanide
Calcium phosphide
Methyldichlorosilane
Sodium phosphide
Chloroacetyl chloride
Phosphorus pentasulfide
Strontium phosphide
Diphenyldichlorosilane
Phosphorus trichloride
Trichlorosilane
Lithium amide
Potassium cyanide
If you need to ship one of the above chemicals
please contact EH&S Personnel at 803-777-5269.
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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 EH&S.
– 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 EH&S 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 or
additional information…
• Please visit the USC EH&S website @
http://ehs.sc.edu
• or please contact:
Belinda Gravel
University of South Carolina
Hazardous Waste Manager
[email protected]
(803) 777-5269 office
(803) 777-5275 fax
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