Haw. Code R. § 11-261-7 - Residues of hazardous waste in empty container
(a)
(1) Any hazardous waste remaining in either
(i) an empty container or (ii) an inner liner removed from an empty container,
as defined in subsection (b), is not subject to regulation under chapters
11-261 through 11-265, or chapter 11-268, 11-270 or 11-271 or to the
notification requirements of HRS section
342J-6.5.
(2) Any hazardous waste in either (i) a
container that is not empty or (ii) an inner liner removed from a container
that is not empty, as defined in paragraph (b), is subject to regulation under
chapters
11-261 through 11-265, and chapters
11-268, 11-270 and 11-271 and to the notification requirements of HRS section
342J-6.5.
(b)
(1) A container or an inner liner removed
from a container that has held any hazardous waste, except a waste that is a
compressed gas or that is identified as an acute hazardous waste listed in
sections 11-261-31, 11-261-32, or subsection 11-261-33(e) is empty if:
(i) All wastes have been removed that can be
removed using the practices commonly employed to remove materials from that
type of container, e.g., pouring, pumping, and aspirating, and
(ii) No more than 2.5 centimeters (one inch)
of residue remain on the bottom of the container or inner liner, or
(iii)
(A)
No more than three percent by weight of the total capacity of the container
remains in the container or inner liner if the container is less than or equal
to one-hundred and ten gallons in size, or
(B) No more than 0.3 percent by weight of the
total capacity of the container remains in the container or inner liner if the
container is greater than one-hundred and ten gallons in size.
(2) A container that
has held a hazardous waste that is a compressed gas is empty when the pressure
in the container approaches atmospheric.
(3) A container or an inner liner removed
from a container that has held an acute hazardous waste listed in sections
11-261-31, 11-261-32, or subsection 11-261-33(e) is empty if:
(i) The container or inner liner has been
triple rinsed using a solvent capable of removing the commercial chemical
product or manufacturing chemical intermediate;
(ii) The container or inner liner has been
cleaned by another method that has been shown in the scientific literature, or
by tests conducted by the generator, to achieve equivalent removal;
or
(iii) In the case of a
container, the inner liner that prevented contact of the commercial chemical
product or manufacturing chemical intermediate with the container, has been
removed.
Notes
State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compare.
No prior version found.