NDAC 33.1-24-05-185
Disposal of small containers of hazardous waste in overpacked drums (lab packs)
Cite as N.D. Admin. Code § 33.1-24-05-185
Small containers of hazardous waste in overpacked drums (lab packs) may be placed in a landfill if
the following requirements are met:
1.
Hazardous waste must be packaged in nonleaking inside containers. The inside containers
must be of a design and constructed of a material that will not react dangerously with, be
decomposed by, or be ignited by the contained waste. Inside containers must be tightly and
securely sealed. The inside containers must be of the size and type specified in the
department of transportation hazardous materials regulations [49 CFR, parts 173, 178, and
179], if those regulations specify particular inside container for the waste.
2.
The inside containers must be overpacked in an open head department of transportation
specification metal shipping container [49 CFR, parts 178 and 179] of no more than four
hundred sixteen-liter [110-gallon] capacity and surrounded by, at a minimum, a sufficient
quantity of sorbent material, determined to be nonbiodegradable in accordance with
subsection 4 of section 33.1-24-05-183, to completely sorb all of the liquid contents of the
inside containers. The metal outer container must be full after it has been packed with inside
containers and sorbent material.
3.
The sorbent material used must not be capable of reacting dangerously with, being
decomposed by, or being ignited by the contents of the inside containers, in accordance with
subsection 2 of section 33.1-24-05-08.
4.
Incompatible wastes, as defined in section 33.1-24-01-04, may not be placed in this same
outside container.
5.
Reactive wastes, other than cyanide-bearing or sulfide-bearing waste, as defined in
subdivision e of subsection 1 of section 33.1-24-02-13, must be treated or rendered
nonreactive prior to packaging in accordance with subsections 1 through 4. Cyanide-bearing
and sulfide-bearing reactive waste may be packed in accordance with subsections 1 through 4
without first being treated or rendered nonreactive.
6.
Such disposal is in compliance with the requirements of sections 33.1-24-05-250 through