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Inspection Report Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories Site 300 Inspection date - October 28 and 29, 2003 I began my observations with the permitted EWSF Bldg. 883, which is identified in the Part B as a permitted container storage area. We were met by Mr. Fisher who has responsibilities for hazardous waste management at this location. This facility is divided into two storage areas which are separated by a masonry block wall. The 90 -day storage area is on the north side and the permitted container storage area is located on the south side. The permitted facility can store containers of hazardous waste for up to one year. The entrances to both areas are maintained locked. At my request Mr. Fischer unlocked the gate to the permitted storage area. Mr. Anderson conducted radiation monitoring prior to my entry into the permitted storage area. After Mr. Anderson deemed it safe for entry, I began my inspection of this area. Just inside the entrance and to the right is a decon station equipped with an eye wash and shower (in the remainder of this report I will refer to the eye wash and shower stations as decon stations). I observed 60 containers ranging in size from five gallons up to 55 -gallons. All containers of hazardous waste were managed with the lids closed. All containers had hazardous waste labels which had the following information written on them: the words "Hazardous Waste", name and address of the generator, the physical state of the waste, the composition of the waste, the hazardous properties of the waste, date of generator accumulation and the date on which the container entered the permitted storage area. (Note: In the remainder of this report instead of writing the details as I have done here regarding the hazardous waste labels I will use the remark "the label(s) had all of the required information".) In addition, each container had a Waste Disposal Requisition (WDR) inside a plastic envelope attached to each container. The facility uses the WDR for tracking the waste and identifying the waste. Prior to leaving this area I operated the decon station and observed that it worked quite adequately. After exiting this area I observed -the spill control equipment and fire extinguishers located just outside and immediately to the right (north side ) of the entrance to the permitted storage area. The permitted portion of Bldg. 883, has a storage limit of 3,300 gallons. A check of the inventory indicated that it currently held 2,089 gallons. I requested and received a current inventory list for this area (Attachment G). I also reviewed the inspection logs. For details and results of the documents reviewed see Section IV of this report. No violations were observed in this area. We then went over to the generator side and did a brief inspection of this area. Again, Mr. Anderson entered with his monitoring equipment and determined that it was safe to enter. He did advise me that in the northwest corner was a 55 -gallon drum was emitting 2mR/hr immediately adjacent to the drum. He said we should approach no closer than two feet. This drum held NRC regulated hazardous waste and was not T,___ 1 1 _r in