DRAFT
Contents
Approved by David Kestell
Revised 08/23
Note: The Table of Contents below links to chapters of the new LBNL Waste Management Program Manual, which combines the following documents:
- ES&H Manual Chapter 20
- PUB 3092 (Generator Guidelines for Hazardous, Radioactive and Mixed Wastes)
- PUB 3093 (Hazardous Waste Accumulation Area Guidelines)
- PUB 3095 (Medical and Bio-hazardous Waste Generator Guide)
SECTION ONE: WASTE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM OVERVIEW
- 1.1 Purpose
- 1.2 Scope
- 1.3 Background
- 1.4 Applicability
- 1.5 Implementation
- 1.6 Integrated Safety Management
- 1.7 Waste Management Program Responsibilities
- 1.8 Conduct of Operations
- 1.9 Waste Management Quality Assurance
- 1.10 Reviews and Assessments
- 1.11 Conformance/Nonconformance and Resolution
- 1.12 Waste Management Organization Structure
- 1.13 Waste Management Organization Functions and Responsible Personnel
- 1.14 Training and Qualifications
- 1.15 Management Processes
- 1.16 Waste Management Program Work Processes
SECTION TWO: WASTE GENERATOR SERVICES PROGRAM
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 General Requirements
- 2.3 Generation of Hazardous Waste
- 2.4 Waste Identification
- 2.5 Characteristic Waste
- 2.6 Listed Waste
- 2.7 Newly Synthesized Chemicals That Require Disposal
- 2.8 Excess Laboratory Chemicals and Laboratory Cleanouts
- 2.9 Chemical Compatibility
- 2.10 High Hazard and Time-Sensitive Chemicals
- 2.11 Unknowns
- 2.12 Waste Characterization
- 2.13 Waste Containers
- 2.14 Hazardous Waste Segregation
- 2.15 Hazardous Waste Accumulation and Storage Requirements
- 2.16 Hazardous Waste Disposal
- 2.17 Waste Review Process
- 2.18 Quality Assurance Testing
- 2.19 Disposal of Hazardous Waste from a Radiologically Controlled Area
- 2.20 Generator Waste Treatment
- 2.21 Other Regulated Waste (Special Wastes)
- 2.22 Universal Waste
- 2.23 Radioactive Waste
- 2.24 Mixed Waste
SECTION THREE: HAZARDOUS WASTE ACCUMULATION AREA MANAGEMENT PROGRAM GUIDELINES
- 3.1 Overview
- 3.2 Roles and Responsibilities
- 3.3 Training and Qualification
- 3.4 Establishing WAAs
- 3.5 WAA Planning and Setup
- 3.6 WAA Approvals
- 3.7 WAA Management and Operation
- 3.8 Approving Waste for WAA Storage
- 3.9 Storing Waste in a WAA
- 3.10 Waste Disposition
- 3.11 Closing a WAA
- 3.12 Emergency Response
- 3.13 Inspections
- 3.14 Documentation and Records
SECTION FOUR: LARGE-VOLUME AND NON-ROUTINE WASTE MANAGEMENT
SECTION FIVE: MEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
- 5.1 Overview
- 5.2 Roles and Responsibilities
- 5.3 Medical/Biohazardous Waste Generation
- 5.4 Medical/Biohazardous Waste Management
- 5.5 Medical/Biohazardous Sharps Waste
- 5.6 Pathological Waste Management
- 5.7 Medical/Biohazardous Waste Pickup
- 5.8 Medical/Biohazardous Waste Training and Inspections
- 5.9 Medical Waste Accumulation Log
- 5.10 Solid Medical Waste Disposal Procedures