R315-262-211. Alternative Requirements for Hazardous Waste Determination and Accumulation of Unwanted Material for Laboratories Owned by Eligible Academic Entities - Making the Hazardous Waste Determination at an On-Site Central Accumulation Area

  If an eligible academic entity makes the hazardous waste determination, pursuant to Section R315-262-11, for unwanted material at an on-site central accumulation area, it shall comply with the following:

  (a) A trained professional shall accompany all unwanted material that is transferred from the laboratory(ies) to an on-site central accumulation area.

  (b) All unwanted material removed from the laboratory(ies) shall be taken directly from the laboratory(ies) to the on-site central accumulation area.

  (c) The unwanted material becomes subject to the generator accumulation regulations of Section R315-262-16 for small quantity generators or Section R315-262-17 for large quantity generators as soon as it arrives in the central accumulation area, except for the "hazardous waste" labeling conditions of Subsections R315-262-16(b)(6) and 17(a)(5).

  (d) A trained professional shall determine, pursuant to Subsections R315-262-11(a) through (d), if the unwanted material is a hazardous waste within 4 calendar days of the unwanted materials' arrival at the on-site central accumulation area.

  (e) If the unwanted material is a hazardous waste, the eligible academic entity shall:

  (1) Write the words "hazardous waste" on the container label that is affixed or attached to the container, within 4 calendar days of arriving at the on-site central accumulation area and before the hazardous waste may be removed from the on-site central accumulation area, and

  (2) Write the appropriate hazardous waste code(s) on the container label that is associated with the container, or on the label that is affixed or attached to the container, if that is preferred, before the hazardous waste may be treated or disposed of on-site or transported off-site, and

  (3) Count the hazardous waste toward the eligible academic entity's generator category, pursuant to Section R315-262-13 in the calendar month that the hazardous waste determination was made, and

  (4) Manage the hazardous waste according to all applicable hazardous waste regulations.