Tag: large quantity generator

Sending VSQG Hazardous Waste to an LQG – A Win/Win

The final Hazardous Waste Generator Improvements Rule (Rule), published in the Federal Register on November 28, 2016, contains two of what the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) refers to as “voluntary programs”—meaning that generators of hazardous waste have the choice of whether to comply with the new programs’ requirements. The first program is a set […]

Biennial Reporting

Q. Our company is a 3rd party warehouse company. We have various customers and each one holds their own EPA ID number at our site. One customer is a Large Quantity Generator (LQG). Are there any regulations that specify that both us and our customer must submit the biennial report?

Is Paint a Hazardous Waste?

Q. We spray paint small items such as pumps and motors and puncture the empty paint cans to capture the remaining teaspoon or so of paint that is placed in a drum. Is this remaining paint a hazardous material, and if so, how should we label the drum?