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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