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these generators have posed management problems because of the lack of readily available management options. Transfer _'.a*6 ions for small quantity hazardous wastes are needed to help manage these wastes. Facility Description Transfer facilities typically serve as collection stations for small quantities of waste, combining like wastes when the quantities become large enough to be economically shipped to a treatment or recycling facility. Such facilities are usually located in urban-industrial areas at or near the source or waste generation, although they may also be located in rural areas where waste volumes from a single gen- erator are too small to justify shipping costs to a treatment or recycling center. Upon delivery of hazardous wastes, the waste manifest is examined and wastes are analyzed to confirm their identity, degree of hazard, and compatibility with other wastes. Wastes are next separated as liq- uids, solids, and sludges, according to their overall chemical charac- teristics; and incompatible wastes are segregated. Drummed wastes may be transferred directly out of the transporting vehicle to the storage area, or they may be transferred by forklift from a receiving area to the storage area. Lab packing and consolidation of liquids are man- agement activities common to transfer facilities. Uncontainerized dry, solid hazardous waste is transferred to bins or tanks by dump truck, and, in some cases, by conveyor systems. Uncon- tainerized liquids, sludges, or slurries are transferred by pipeline from tank trucks to the appropriate storage tanks. Ultimately, wastes are transported from the transfer facility to (1) a treatment or recovery facility, (2) an incinerator, or (3) a stabilization unit. Control of air emissions is achieved by specially designed air pollu- tion control equipment, in accordance with requirements of the local PJ9 9390502D.00D 11-10 Rev. 1 11/08/88