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Container Requirements Container Requirements • Container materials must be The container must always be compatible with the wastes being —Kept in good condition and measures taken to ensure that accumulated. leaks do not occur —Metal containers are usually used for —Closed during transfer and storage(except when necessary flammable waste to add or remove waste) —Plastic drums are usually used for —Properly labeled corrosive waste Spills,drips and run-overs should be cleaned up —Closed top drums are usually used for immediately. liquid waste —Open top drums are usually used for solids I i Container Requirements Container Requirements • Drums should not be filled to the top. Hazardous wastes must be separated from sources of —Allow 2 to 3 inches of freeboard In drums ignition or reaction including: • Ignitable or Reactive Wastes must be located at least 50 feet from the facility property line. —Open flames • Containers in which ignitable waste is stored must be grounded during storage and especially during waste S� transfer to the container. —Smoking —The container from which the waste is being transferred must be bonded to the waste container i I I I I Empty Containers Empty Containers • Empty containers(container that once held a • Empty containers may be labeled"EMPTY"and hazardous material)must be managed in accordance thrown into the dumpster if all of the following with Cal/EPA requirements. conditions are met: • Although certain conditions will determine the final —No further material can be poured from the container or disposition of the container,until disposition or inner liner when held in any position complete decontamination of the container,it should —All accessible residual material has been removed by be managed as a hazardous waste. mechanical means(i.e.scraping) —The container did not previously hold an acutely hazardous or extremely hazardous material 7