Laboratory clean-outs

1. One time per twelve-month period for each laboratory, an eligible academic entity may choose to conduct a laboratory clean-out that is subject to all the applicable requirements of sections 33.1-24-03-60 through 33.1-24-03-77, except that: a. If the volume of unwanted material in the laboratory exceeds fifty-five gallons (or one quart of liquid reactive acutely hazardous unwanted material or one kilogram of solid reactive acutely hazardous unwanted material), the eligible academic entity is not required to remove all unwanted materials from the laboratory within ten calendar days of exceeding fifty-five gallons (or one quart of liquid reactive acutely hazardous unwanted material or one kilogram of solid reactive acutely hazardous unwanted material), as required by section 33.1-24-03-69. Instead, the eligible academic entity must remove all unwanted materials from the laboratory within thirty calendar days from the start of the laboratory clean-out; b. For the purposes of onsite accumulation, an eligible academic entity is not required to count a hazardous waste that is an unused commercial chemical product (listed in sections 33.1-24-02-15 through 33.1-24-02-19, or exhibiting one or more characteristics in sections 33.1-24-02-10 through 33.1-24-02-14) generated solely during the laboratory clean-out toward its hazardous waste generator status, pursuant to subsection 2 of section 33.1-24-03-03. An unwanted material that is generated prior to the beginning of the laboratory clean-out and is still in the laboratory at the time the laboratory clean-out commences must be counted toward hazardous waste generator status, pursuant to subsection 2 of section 33.1-24-03-03, if it is determined to be hazardous waste; c. For the purposes of offsite management, an eligible academic entity must count all its hazardous waste, regardless of whether the hazardous waste was counted toward generator status under subdivision b, and if the eligible academic entity generates more than one kilogram per month of acute hazardous waste, or one hundred kilograms per month of hazardous waste (for example, the very small quantity generator limits of section 33.1-24-03-26), the hazardous waste is subject to all applicable hazardous waste regulations when the hazardous waste is transported offsite; and d. An eligible academic entity must document the activities of the laboratory clean-out. The documentation must, at a minimum, identify the laboratory being cleaned out, the date the laboratory clean-out begins and ends, and the volume of hazardous waste generated during the laboratory clean-out. The eligible academic entity must maintain the records for a period of three years from the date the clean-out ends; and 2. For all other laboratory clean-outs conducted during the same twelve-month period, an eligible academic entity is subject to all the applicable requirements of sections 33.1-24-03-60 through 33.1-24-03-77, including: a. The requirement to remove all unwanted materials from the laboratory within ten calendar days of exceeding fifty-five gallons (or one quart of reactive acutely hazardous unwanted material), as required by section 33.1-24-03-69; and b. The requirement to count all hazardous waste, including unused hazardous waste, generated during the laboratory clean-out toward its hazardous waste generator status, pursuant to subsection 2 of section 33.1-24-03-03.