Appendix 8

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

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Appendix8

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 NRC/NRC Agreement State

license.

• LLMW must be stored in compliance with

chemical compatibility requirements of RCRA.

• Personnel training.

• Inventory exempt waste at least annually, 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 the

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

number; (2) NRC license number; (3) RCRA haz-

ardous waste codes and storage units proposed for

exemption; and (4) a statement that the generator

meets the required conditions.

Recordkeeping

All required NRC documents must be maintained,

along with the initial notication records, return

receipts, reports of failures 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 three years after 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 LLMW (including DOE and NARM) 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 manifest and transportation