Summary of Requirements for Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Hazardous Waste Generators
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1. In order for hazardous waste
generators to qualify for "conditionally exempt small
quantity generator" status, all of
the following criteria must be met:
- No more than 220 pounds of hazardous waste
may be generated
within any calendar month;
- No more than 2200 pounds of hazardous waste may be
accumulated at any one time;
- No more than 2.2 pounds of acute hazardous
waste, or 220 pounds of soil contaminated from
an acute hazardous waste
spill, may be generated
or accumulated at any one time.
2. Conditionally exempt small generators
are required to comply with
the following requirements:
- Must determine which of the wastes they generate are hazardous;
- Keep records of any test results, waste analysis
or other determinations used to characterize
hazardous waste for at
least three years from the
date of final disposition of the
waste;
- Dispose of hazardous waste only at:
- A legitimate recycling facility;
- A permitted Hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage, or
Disposal Facility (contact this office for a list of
facilities in the vicinity of Montana);
- A licensed Class II sanitary landfill (only if the
waste is in a solid state and the owner/operator of
the landfill agrees to accept the waste).
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