3) The quantity of the sample.
4) The date of shipment.
5) A description of the sample.
NR 661.0004(4)(b)2.b.b. Package the sample so that it does not leak, spill, or vaporize from its packaging.
NR 661.0004(4)(c)(c) This exemption does not apply if the laboratory determines that the waste is hazardous but the laboratory is no longer meeting any of the conditions stated in par. (a).
NR 661.0004(4)(d)(d) In order to qualify for the exemption in par. (a) 1. and 2., the mass of a sample that will be exported to a foreign laboratory or that will be imported to a U.S. laboratory from a foreign source may not exceed 25 kg.
NR 661.0004(5)(5)Treatability study samples.
NR 661.0004(5)(a)(a) Except as provided in pars. (b) and (d), persons who generate or collect samples for the purpose of conducting treatability studies as defined in s. NR 660.10 (126), are not subject to any requirement of chs. NR 661 to 663 or to the notification requirements specified in s. NR 660.07, nor are such samples included in the quantity determinations of ss. NR 662.013 and 662.016 (2) when one of the following applies:
NR 661.0004(5)(a)1.1. The sample is being collected and prepared for transportation by the generator or sample collector.
NR 661.0004(5)(a)2.2. The sample is being accumulated or stored by the generator or sample collector prior to transportation to a laboratory or testing facility.
NR 661.0004(5)(a)3.3. The sample is being transported to the laboratory or testing facility for the purpose of conducting a treatability study.
NR 661.0004(5)(b)(b) The exemption in par. (a) is applicable to samples of hazardous waste being collected and shipped for the purpose of conducting treatability studies if all of the following apply:
NR 661.0004(5)(b)1.1. The generator or sample collector uses, in treatability studies, no more than 10,000 kg of media contaminated with non-acute hazardous waste, 1,000 kg of non-acute hazardous waste other than contaminated media, 1 kg of acute hazardous waste, and 2,500 kg of media contaminated with acute hazardous waste for each process being evaluated for each generated waste stream.
NR 661.0004(5)(b)2.2. The mass of each sample shipment does not exceed 10,000 kg. The 10,000 kg quantity may be all media contaminated with non-acute hazardous waste, or may include 2,500 kg of media contaminated with acute hazardous waste, 1,000 kg of hazardous waste, and 1 kg of acute hazardous waste.
NR 661.0004(5)(b)3.3. The sample shall be packaged so that it will not leak, spill, or vaporize from its packaging during shipment and one of the following requirements shall be met:
NR 661.0004(5)(b)3.a.a. The transportation of each sample shipment complies with U.S. department of transportation or DOT, U.S. postal service or USPS, or any other applicable shipping requirements.
NR 661.0004(5)(b)3.b.b. If the DOT, USPS, or other shipping requirements do not apply to the shipment of the sample, all of the following information shall accompany the sample:
1) The name, mailing address, and telephone number of the originator of the sample.
2) The name, address, and telephone number of the facility that will perform the treatability study.
3) The quantity of the sample.
4) The date of shipment.
5) A description of the sample, including its EPA hazardous waste number.
NR 661.0004(5)(b)4.4. The sample is shipped to a laboratory or testing facility that is exempt under s. NR 661.0004 (6) or has an appropriate RCRA permit or interim status, or hazardous waste license under s. 291.25, Stats.
NR 661.0004(5)(b)5.5. The generator or sample collector maintains all of the following records for a period ending 3 years after completion of the treatability study:
NR 661.0004(5)(b)5.a.a. Copies of the shipping documents.
NR 661.0004(5)(b)5.b.b. A copy of the contract with the facility conducting the treatability study.
NR 661.0004(5)(b)5.c.c. Documentation showing all of the following:
1) The amount of waste shipped under this exemption.
2) The name, address, and EPA identification number of the laboratory or testing facility that received the waste.