Appendix 8

• Author: Susan M. McMichael
• Pages: 391-393

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Appendix 8

The Mixed Waste Rule in a Nutshell

40 C.F.R. Part 266, Subpart N (66 Fed. Reg. 27218 (May 15, 2001))

Storage and Treatment Exemption

(§§266.210–.260)

Eligibility

• Must be non-DOE LLMW (excludes NARM).

• LLMW must be generated and managed under

a single NRC/NRC Agreement State license.

Conditions

• LLMW must be stored in a tank or container in

compliance with N RC/NRC Agreement State

license.

• LLMW must be stored in compliance with

chemical compatibility requirements of RCRA.

• Personnel training.

• Inventory exempt waste at least annua lly, and

inspect it at least quarterly.

• Maintain an emergency plan with contents that

meet requirements of §266.230(b)(5).

Written Notice

A certied written notice must be sent to EPA or the

authorized state, by certied delivery, within 90 days

of the eective date of the rule in an authorized state,

or when a storage unit is rst used to store condi-

tionally exempt waste. e notice must contain t he

following information: (1) name, address, RCRA ID

number; (2) NRC license number; (3) RCR A haz-

ardous waste codes and storage units proposed for

exemption; and (4) a statement t hat the generator

meets the required conditions.

Recordkeeping

All required NRC documents must be maintained,

along with the initia l notication records, return

receipts, reports of fa ilures to meet the exemp-

tion, and records supporting reclaimed exemptions.

Records of inventories, inspections, notications,

personnel training and emergency plans must be

maintained for t hree years a fter exempted waste is

sent for disposal, or in accordance with 10 C.F.R.

Part 20, whichever is longer.

Transportation and Disposal Exemption

(§§266.305–.360)

Eligibility

Must be LLM W (including DOE and NA RM) that

can be accepted at a licensed LLW disposal facility.

Conditions

• LLMW must meet or be treated to LDR

standards.

• LLMW must be placed in specic containers

when disposed: (1) a carbon steel drum; (2) an

alternative container with containment perfor-

mance equivalent to a carbon steel drum; or

(3) a high integrity container as dened by the

NRC.

• LLMW must comply with NRC/NRC Agree-

ment State requirements (for packaging and

labeling), and ma nifest and transportation