NR 662.200
NR 662.200 Definitions: The following definitions apply to this subchapter:
NR 662.200(1)
(1) “
College or university” means a private or public, post-secondary, degree-granting, academic institution that is accredited by an accrediting agency listed annually by the U.S. department of education.
NR 662.200(2)
(2) “
Eligible academic entity” means a college or university, or a non-profit research institute that is owned by or has a formal written affiliation agreement with a college or university, or a teaching hospital that is owned by or has a formal written affiliation agreement with a college or university.
NR 662.200(3)
(3) “
Formal written affiliation agreement” for a non-profit research institute means a written document that establishes a relationship between institutions for the purposes of research or education and is signed by authorized representatives, as defined in s.
NR 660.10 (6), from each institution. A relationship on a project-by-project or grant-by-grant basis is not considered a formal written affiliation agreement. A formal written affiliation agreement for a teaching hospital means a master affiliation agreement and program letter of agreement, as defined by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, with an accredited medical program or medical school.
NR 662.200(4)
(4) “
Laboratory” means an area owned by an eligible academic entity where relatively small quantities of chemicals and other substances are used on a non-production basis for teaching or research, or diagnostic purposes at a teaching hospital, and are stored and used in containers that are easily manipulated by one person. Photo laboratories, art studios, and field laboratories are considered laboratories. Areas such as chemical stockrooms and preparatory laboratories that provide a support function to teaching or research laboratories, or diagnostic laboratories at teaching hospitals, are also considered laboratories.
NR 662.200(5)
(5) “
Laboratory clean-out” means an evaluation of the inventory of chemicals and other materials in a laboratory that are no longer needed or that have expired and the subsequent removal of those chemicals or other unwanted materials from the laboratory. A clean-out may occur for several reasons. It may be on a routine basis, at the end of a semester or academic year, or as a result of a renovation, relocation, or change in laboratory supervisor or occupant.
NR 662.200 Note
Note: A regularly scheduled removal of unwanted material as required under s.
NR 662.208 does not qualify as a laboratory clean-out.
NR 662.200(6)
(6) “
Laboratory worker” means a person who handles chemicals or unwanted material in a laboratory and may include faculty, staff, post-doctoral fellows, interns, researchers, technicians, supervisors or managers, and principal investigators. A person does not need to be paid or otherwise compensated for his or her work in the laboratory to be considered a laboratory worker. Undergraduate and graduate students in a supervised classroom setting are not laboratory workers.
NR 662.200(7)
(7) “
Non-profit research institute” means an organization that conducts research as its primary function and files as a non-profit organization under the tax code of
26 USC 501 (c) (3).
NR 662.200(8)
(8) “
Reactive acutely hazardous unwanted material” means an unwanted material that is one of the acutely hazardous commercial chemical products listed in s.
NR 661.0033 (5) for reactivity.
NR 662.200(9)
(9) “
Teaching hospital” means a hospital that trains students to become physicians, nurses or other health or laboratory personnel.
NR 662.200(10)
(10) “Trained professional” means a person who has completed the applicable RCRA training requirements under s.
NR 662.017 for large quantity generators, or is knowledgeable about normal operations and emergencies in accordance with s.
NR 662.016 for small quantity generators and very small quantity generators. A trained professional may be an employee of the eligible academic entity or may be a contractor or vendor who meets the requisite training requirements.
NR 662.200(11)
(11) “Unwanted material” means any chemical, mixtures of chemicals, products of experiments or other material from a laboratory that is no longer needed, wanted or usable in the laboratory and that is destined for hazardous waste determination by a trained professional. Unwanted materials include reactive acutely hazardous unwanted materials and materials that may eventually be determined not to be solid waste under s.
NR 661.0002, or a hazardous waste under s.
NR 661.0003. If an eligible academic entity elects to use another equally effective term in lieu of “unwanted material,” as allowed under s.
NR 662.206 (1) (a) 1., the equally effective term has the same meaning and is subject to the same requirements as “unwanted material” under this subchapter.
NR 662.200(12)
(12) “Working container” means a container that is 2 gallons or less, that is in use at a laboratory bench, hood, or other work station, to collect unwanted material from a laboratory experiment or procedure.
NR 662.200 History
History: CR 19-082: cr.
Register August 2020 No. 776, eff. 9-1-20.
NR 662.201
NR 662.201
Applicability of this subchapter. NR 662.201(1)(1)
Large quantity generators and small quantity generators. This subchapter provides alternative requirements to the requirements specified in ss.
NR 662.011 and
662.015 for the hazardous waste determination and accumulation of hazardous waste in laboratories owned by eligible academic entities that choose to be subject to this subchapter, provided that they complete the notification requirements under s.
NR 662.203.
NR 662.201(2)
(2)
Very small quantity generators. This subchapter provides alternative requirements to the conditional exemption specified in s.
NR 662.014 for the accumulation of hazardous waste in laboratories owned by eligible academic entities that choose to be subject to this subchapter, provided that they complete the notification requirements under s.
NR 662.203.
NR 662.201 History
History: CR 19-082: cr.
Register August 2020 No. 776, eff. 9-1-20.
NR 662.202
NR 662.202
This subchapter is optional. NR 662.202(1)(1)
Large quantity generators and small quantity generators. An eligible academic entity has the option of complying with this subchapter with respect to its laboratories, as an alternative to complying with the requirements under ss.
NR 662.011 and
662.015.
NR 662.202(2)
(2)
Very small quantity generators. An eligible academic entity has the option of complying with this subchapter with respect to laboratories, as an alternative to complying with the conditional exemption under s.
NR 662.014.
NR 662.202 History
History: CR 19-082: cr.
Register August 2020 No. 776, eff. 9-1-20.
NR 662.203
NR 662.203
How an eligible academic entity indicates it will be subject to the requirements of this subchapter. NR 662.203(1)(1)
An eligible academic entity shall notify the department in writing, using the RCRA Subtitle C site identification form EPA form 8700-12, that it is electing to be subject to the requirements of this subchapter for all the laboratories owned by the eligible academic entity under the same EPA identification number. An eligible academic entity that is a very small quantity generator and does not have an EPA identification number shall notify the department that it is electing to be subject to the requirements of this subchapter for all the laboratories owned by the eligible academic entity that are on-site, as defined in s.
NR 660.10 (85). An eligible academic entity shall submit a separate site identification form for each EPA identification number
, or site, for very small quantity generators
, that is electing to be subject to the requirements of this subchapter, and shall submit the site identification form before it begins operating under this subchapter.
NR 662.203(2)
(2) When submitting the site identification form, the eligible academic entity shall, at a minimum, complete all of the following fields on the form:
NR 662.203(2)(b)
(b) Site EPA identification number, except for very small quantity generators.
NR 662.203(2)(f)
(f) North American Industry Classification System or NAICS code for the site.
NR 662.203(3)
(3) An eligible academic entity shall keep a copy of the notification on file at the eligible academic entity for as long as its laboratories are subject to this subchapter.
NR 662.203(4)
(4) A teaching hospital that is not owned by a college or university shall keep a copy of its formal written affiliation agreement with a college or university on file at the teaching hospital for as long as its laboratories are subject to this subchapter.
NR 662.203(5)
(5) A non-profit research institute that is not owned by a college or university shall keep a copy of its formal written affiliation agreement with a college or university on file at the non-profit research institute for as long as its laboratories are subject to this subchapter.
NR 662.203 History
History: CR 19-082: cr. Register August 2020 No. 776, eff. 9-1-20. NR 662.204
NR 662.204
How an eligible academic entity indicates it will withdraw from the requirements of this subchapter. NR 662.204(1)(1)
An eligible academic entity shall notify the department in writing, using the RCRA Subtitle C site identification form EPA form 8700-12, that it is electing to no longer be subject to the requirements of this subchapter for all the laboratories owned by the eligible academic entity under the same EPA identification number and that it will comply with the requirements under ss.
NR 662.011 and
662.015 for small quantity generators and large quantity generators. An eligible academic entity that is a very small quantity generator and does not have an EPA identification number shall notify the department that it is withdrawing from the requirements of this subchapter for all the laboratories owned by the eligible academic entity that are on-site and that it will comply with the conditional exemption specified in s.
NR 662.014. An eligible academic entity shall submit a separate site identification form for each EPA identification number
, or site, for very small quantity generators
, that is withdrawing from the requirements of this subchapter and shall submit the site identification form before it begins operating under the standards specified in ss.
NR 662.011 and
662.015 for small quantity generators and large quantity generators or s.
NR 662.014 for very small quantity generators.
NR 662.204(2)
(2) When submitting the site identification form, the eligible academic entity shall, at a minimum, complete all of the following fields on the form:
NR 662.204(2)(b)
(b) Site EPA identification number, except for conditionally exempt small quantity generators.
NR 662.204(2)(f)
(f) North American Industry Classification System or NAICS code for the site.
NR 662.204(3)
(3) An eligible academic entity shall keep a copy of the withdrawal notice on file at the eligible academic entity for 3 years from the date of the notification.
NR 662.204 History
History: CR 19-082: cr.
Register August 2020 No. 776, eff. 9-1-20.
NR 662.205
NR 662.205
Summary of the requirements of this subchapter. An eligible academic entity that chooses to be subject to this subchapter is not required to have an interim or operating license issued under ch.
NR 670 for the accumulation of unwanted material and hazardous waste in its laboratories, provided the laboratories comply with the provisions of this subchapter and the eligible academic entity has a laboratory management plan or LMP in accordance with s.
NR 662.214 that describes how the laboratories owned by the eligible academic entity will comply with the requirements of this subchapter.
NR 662.205 History
History: CR 19-082: cr.
Register August 2020 No. 776, eff. 9-1-20.
NR 662.206
NR 662.206
Labeling and management standards for containers of unwanted material in the laboratory. An eligible academic entity shall manage containers of unwanted material while in the laboratory in accordance with all of the following requirements:
NR 662.206(1)
(1)
Labeling. An eligible academic entity shall label unwanted material as follows:
NR 662.206(1)(a)
(a) All of the following information shall be affixed or attached to the container:
NR 662.206(1)(a)1.
1. The words “unwanted material” or another equally effective term that is to be used consistently by the eligible academic entity and that is identified in part I of the laboratory management plan.
NR 662.206(1)(a)2.
2. Sufficient information to alert emergency responders to the contents of the container. Examples of information that would be sufficient to alert emergency responders to the contents of the container include:
NR 662.206(1)(a)2.b.
b. The type or class of chemical, such as organic solvents or halogenated organic solvents.
NR 662.206(1)(b)
(b) The following information may be affixed or attached to the container, but shall at a minimum be associated with the container:
NR 662.206(1)(b)1.
1. The date that the unwanted material first began accumulating in the container.
NR 662.206(1)(b)2.
2. Information sufficient to allow a trained professional to properly identify whether an unwanted material is a solid or hazardous waste and to assign the proper hazardous waste code, under s.
NR 662.011. Examples of information that would allow a trained professional to properly identify whether an unwanted material is a solid or hazardous waste include:
NR 662.206(1)(b)2.a.
a. The name and description of the chemical contents or composition of the unwanted material, or, if known, the product of the chemical reaction.
NR 662.206(1)(b)2.c.
c. A description of the manner in which the chemical was produced or processed, if applicable.
NR 662.206(2)
(2)
Management of containers in the laboratory. An eligible academic entity shall properly manage containers of unwanted material in the laboratory to assure safe storage of the unwanted material, to prevent leaks, spills, emissions to the air, adverse chemical reactions, and dangerous situations that may result in harm to human health or the environment. Proper container management shall include all of the following:
NR 662.206(2)(a)
(a) Containers are maintained and kept in good condition and damaged containers are replaced, overpacked, or repaired.
NR 662.206(2)(b)
(b) Containers are compatible with their contents to avoid reactions between the contents and the container; and are made of, or lined with, material that is compatible with the unwanted material so that the container's integrity is not impaired.
NR 662.206(2)(c)
(c) Containers shall be kept closed at all times, except for any of the following:
NR 662.206(2)(c)2.
2. A working container may be open until the end of the procedure or work shift, or until it is full, whichever comes first, at which time the working container shall either be closed or the contents emptied into a separate container that is then closed.
NR 662.206(2)(c)3.
3. When venting of a container is necessary under any of the following conditions:
NR 662.206(2)(c)3.a.
a. For the proper operation of laboratory equipment, such as with in-line collection of unwanted materials from high performance liquid chromatographs.
NR 662.206 History
History: CR 19-082: cr.
Register August 2020 No. 776, eff. 9-1-20.
NR 662.207
NR 662.207
Training. An eligible academic entity shall provide training to all individuals working in a laboratory at the eligible academic entity and maintain documentation, as follows:
NR 662.207(1)
(1) Training for laboratory workers and students shall be commensurate with their duties so they understand the requirements in this subchapter and can implement them.
NR 662.207(2)
(2) The required training under this subsection may include any of the following:
NR 662.207(2)(a)
(a) Instruction by the professor or laboratory manager before or during an experiment.
