Waste labeling

Hazardous waste must be packaged in accordance with DHS and Department of Transportation (DOT) requirements prior to shipment to a treatment, storage and/or disposal facility. Marking and labeling must also be in accordance with DOT guidelines. A hazardous waste label must be affixed to all hazardous waste containers. 

Sources, identifying unknown hazardous waste, labeling and marking, first response, air monitoring, illegal disposal, and acute and chronic exposure effects. 

If a cloned insert is small relative to the vector, it is advisable to excise and purify it to avoid wasting labeling reagents by linking them to vector DNA (labeled nucleotides are the most costly component in in situ hybridization experiments, other than the microscope system). If vector DNA is a minor component of the clone, the entire sequence can be cut up and tailed with biotin or another label. 

Figure 4.DHaz2udous waste label meeting EPA and DOT requironents.

The containers, normally drums, offered to the transporter or used by the commercial disposal firm must be marked with an appropriate label as defined in the tables in Parts 172.101 and 172.203. No container can be marked with a label for a material not in the container. Besides these DOT labels, EPA/RCRA regulations require each container to have a label stating prominently that the container contains a hazardous waste. The EPA/RCRA label contains much of the same information found on the shipping papers or manifests generator name and address, accumulation start date, manifest number, proper shipping name, and UN or NA number. Additional information may be provided by the gai ator. An example of a hazardous waste label is shown in Figure 4.13. If the container contains a hazardous chemical related by OSHA in a substance-specific health standard, a label identifying the material and the hazard must be on the container. Labels are to be placed within 6 inches of each other and must be on the side of the container, not the top. 

Since a nearly empty bottle requires as much space as a full one when packed in a drum for disposal, containers should be filled in the laboratay with either the same waste material or, less desirably, with compatible materials before being transferred fiom the laboratory to the waste collection group. In the latter case, a complete, accrrrate record of the contents of the container must be maintained and placed on the waste label affixed to the container when the transfer takes place. 

A typical waste label that might be used at any facility to identify and document waste internally was shown in Figure 4.13 earlier. A form such as this should be attached to each container of surplus chmical before it is removed from the laboratory and should remain with the container until final disposition of the material. A copy should be retained by the waste facihty as part of their records. There are two sections to this form, one identifying the source of the material and the other characterizing the material itself The latter information is to be used by the personnel responsible for classifying the material, and if necessary to complete the preparations for its disposal as a hazardous waste. Note that the material is not classified as a hazardous waste, allowing it to be evaluated, perhaps as a usable or recyclable material. 

NOTE Label safety cans with contents and hazard warning information. Safety cans containing flammable or combustible liquid waste must have appropriate waste labels. Place 20-L (5-gallon) and smaller containers of flammable liquids that are not in safety cans into storage cabinets for flammable liquids. Do not vent these cabinets unless they also contain volatile toxics or odoriferous chemicals. 

Decontaminate reusable containers after each use by applying only approved methods. Never reuse containers unless decontaminated and, before use, remove all medical waste labeling. 

Are containers of hazardous waste labeled with hazardous waste labels ... 

During collection, storage, and transportation, use containers constructed of materials compatible with the treatment methods utilized. Ensure the use of burnable single-use containers for waste destined for incinerators. Containers destined for steam sterilizers should allow proper treatment of the waste. Decontaminate reusable containers after each use using only approved methods. Never reuse containers unless decontaminated and before use remove all medical waste labeling. 

The initial use, for our undergraduate teaching labs, of the world wide web was to centrally locate many documents, including the lab course specific CHPs, and allow both easy access and updating when necessary. We became aware of the need to allow access to documents relevant to the students and staff, such as MSDS and course specific protocols. We are currently using the web for access to formatted documents, such as accident reports, spill clean-up procedures and hazardous waste labels. There is still a significant amount of work to be accomplished in this area. 

Based on the evidence that acceptable recycled petroleum products can be produced, there is a considerable legislative record encouraging the recycling of used oil. Starting with the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act in 1976 (20), used oil was held apart from the normal hazardous waste system because the oil was viewed as a valuable commodity. This was followed by the Used Oil Recycling Act in 1980 (33), which removed any federal requirement that lubricants containing re-refined base oil carry special labeling. 

Shipping vitamin D in crystalline or resin form should be done in containers marked appropriately to indicate the material is toxic by DOT standards. Its proper DOT labeling is DOT Hazard Class 6.1, poisonous. Waste material should be burned or placed in an appropriate landfill. 

Keep raw asbestos and asbestos waste sealed and labelled. 

Identification of wastes analytical control procedures labelling of containers Segregation of wastes identification of hazards due to inadvertent mixing of wastes... 

Regulate the classification, provision of safety data sheets, labelling and packaging of substances and preparations dangerous for supply. There are specific exceptions, e.g. medicines, pesticides, wastes, radioactive substances or preparations. 

Facility Chemical or Waste Recordkeeping, Reporting, and Compliance Assistance (e.g., manifests, labels, report generation) ... 

Tracks waste from collection to treatment. Database of 2,600 common chemicals which provides the EPA number for each chemical, DOT classiHcation for hazardous waste transport, and permit information. Templates for all required fornts, labels, and notices. 

Personnel and equipment need to be decontaminated in the CRZ. However, the CRZ might be a small area immediately adjacent to the remediation area, which workers are aware of, and is also marked appropriately. Although the CRZ is less formal and likely does not have many decontamination stations, efforts should be made to make sure that personnel and equipment are appropriately cleaned. Many times, due to the logistics of a smaller job, disposal of wastes becomes difficult. If purge water is drummed and left on the site, it is imperative that it is identified, labeled properly, recorded in the site log, and disposed of in the proper manner (in accordance with applicable, local, state, federal, or other regulations). 

The primary contractor at Site A had identified clean zones, buffer zones, and related site control procedures in its written plan however, onsite implementation differed from those specified in the plan. For example, the exclusion zones identified in the plan at the upper pad of the wastewater treatment plant, the dredge area, and the solid waste storage area were marked with signs requiring PPE, but were not labeled with red banners as called for in the plan. In addition, the exclusion zones did not have controlled access through one point of entry as described in the plan, nor were the buffer zones established and demarcated with yellow banners. 

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