SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY CARBONDALE CHEMICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT GUIDE Revised July 2009 EMERGENCY PHONE LIST Environmental Health & Safety Chemical Waste Manager .................................................... 453-5187 Center for Environmental Health & Safety ............................ 453-7180 Biological Safety ................................................................... 453-5187 Radiological Control ............................................................. 536-2015 Police/Security SIUC Police (Emergency) ............................................................. 911 SIUC Police (Non-Emergency) ............................................. 453-3771 Medical Health Service ...................................................................... 453-3311 Student Transit ..................................................................... 453-2212 Ambulance ........................................................................... 684-5678 Carbondale Memorial Hospital ............................................. 549-0721 Poison Control Center ................................................. (800) 222-1222 i. Table of Contents Emergency Phone List ......................................................................................................... i I. OVERVIEW OF CHEMICAL WASTE LAWS & REGULATIONS Laws ........................................................................................................................... I-1 Resource Conservation and Recovery Act .............................................................. I-1 Comprehensive Env. Responsibility, Compensation & Liability Act .................... I-1 Hazardous and Solid Waste Ammendments ........................................................... I-2 Regulations ................................................................................................................. I-2 EPA Study of Academic Institutions .......................................................................... I-3 RCRA Enforcement ................................................................................................... I-3 II. WASTE MINIMIZATION End of Process Treatment ......................................................................................... II-1 Management .............................................................................................................. II-1 Process Modification ................................................................................................. II-1 Product Substitution .................................................................................................. II-2 Purchasing ................................................................................................................. II-2 Recycling ................................................................................................................... II-2 Segregation and Characterization .............................................................................. II-2 Training ..................................................................................................................... II-3 III. HAZARDOUS (CHEMICAL) WASTE DEFINITION Background ............................................................................................................. III-1 Characteristic ........................................................................................................... III-1 Ignitability ............................................................................................................ III-1 Corrosivity ........................................................................................................... III-2 Reactivity ............................................................................................................. III-2 Toxicity ................................................................................................................ III-2 Non-Specific Source Waste .................................................................................... III-4 Discarded Commercial Chemical Products ............................................................. III-5 Acute .................................................................................................................... III-6 Toxic .................................................................................................................. III-11 Flow Chart for Hazardous Waste Determination .................................................. III-21 IV. NONHAZARDOUS WASTE DISPOSAL Nonhazardous Waste Disposal Instructions ............................................................ IV-1 List of Nonhazardous Waste ................................................................................... IV-1 V. USE OF JERRICANS FOR COLLECTION OF WASTESTREAMS Instructions ............................................................................................................... V-1 List of Nonhalogenated Liquids for Jerricans .......................................................... V-3 List of Halogenated Liquids for Jerricans ................................................................ V-7 VI. SPECIFIC HANDLING REQUIREMENTS FOR CHEMICALS Overview ................................................................................................................. VI-1 Flow Chart ............................................................................................................... VI-1 Chemical Specific Guidelines ................................................................................. VI-2 Acids .................................................................................................................... VI-2 Arsenic ................................................................................................................. VI-2 Bases .................................................................................................................... VI-2 Batteries ............................................................................................................... VI-2 Free-Flowing Metallic Mercury ........................................................................... VI-3 Gas Cylinders ....................................................................................................... VI-3 Labware (Chemical Contaminated) ..................................................................... VI-3 Mercury Bearing Compounds .............................................................................. VI-3 Oils ....................................................................................................................... VI-4 Organic Solvents .................................................................................................. VI-4 Polychlorinated Biphenyls ................................................................................... VI-4 Spill Cleanup Materials........................................................................................ VI-4 Unknowns ............................................................................................................ VI-4 VII. PACKAGING & LABELING CHEMICAL WASTE Waste Label Requirements ..................................................................................... VII-1 Waste Label Examples ........................................................................................... VII-2 Example Sticker 1 (Aqueous Hazardous Waste) ................................................ VII-2 Example Sticker 2 (Tradename Hazardous Waste) ............................................ VII-3 Example Sticker 3 (Discarded Unuseable Hazardous Waste) ............................ VII-3 Example Sticker 4 (Aqueous NON-RCRA Waste) ............................................ VII-4 Example Sticker 5 (Tradename NON-RCRA Waste)......................................... VII-5 Example Sticker 6 (Discarded Unuseable NON-RCRA Waste) ........................ VII-5 VIII. WASTE COLLECTION Collection Form Requirements ............................................................................. VIII-1 Collection Form Example ..................................................................................... VIII-2 IX. GENERATOR COMPLIANCE INSPECTIONS Generator Compliance Inspection Instructions ....................................................... IX-1 Example Inspection Form ....................................................................................... IX-3 X. CHEMICAL SPILLS Hazardous Chemical Spill Cleanup Guidelines ....................................................... X-1 Who Cleans up a Chemical Spill ............................................................................. X-1 Planning for Chemical Spill Emergencies................................................................ X-2 Hazardous Chemical Spill Guidelines...................................................................... X-3 Rescue ................................................................................................................... X-3 Confine .................................................................................................................. X-4 Report .................................................................................................................... X-4 Secure .................................................................................................................... X-5 Cleanup ................................................................................................................