3VAC10-50-120: Disposal of chemical, dangerous, and hazardous waste

Disposal of chemical, dangerous, and hazardous waste must be conducted in a manner consistent with federal, state, and local statutes and regulations. This includes any waste product soaked in a flammable solvent.

1. Any waste that may be hazardous must be treated as hazardous waste in regard to storage, labeling, and disposal.

2. The pharmaceutical processor can, alternatively, test waste that may be hazardous for elemental impurities content.

a. When tested for elemental impurities content, materials that meet the definition of hazardous waste, as defined by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) or other applicable federal, state, or local statutes and regulations, must be treated as hazardous waste. Such materials must be properly labeled, contained, stored, and disposed of in accordance with the Environmental Protection Agency, RCRA, and other applicable regulations for hazardous waste.

b. Materials that contain elemental impurities concentrations less than the allowable concentration limits specified in RCRA and are not designated hazardous waste by other applicable federal, state, or local statutes and regulations, may be disposed of in accordance with 3VAC10-50-110.