Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Hazardous Waste
Generator Audit Checklist
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Generator Size Determination
1 Does the facility produce less than 100
Kilograms (220 pounds) of hazardous waste
per month?
2 Does the facility accumulate onsite no
greater than 1,000 Kilograms (2,200 pounds)
of hazardous waste at any one time?
3 Does the facility produce less than 1
Kilograms (2.2 pounds) of acutely hazardous
waste per month?
4 Does the facility produce less than 100
Kilograms (220 pounds) of residue, soil,
waste or other debris from clean-up of acute
hazardous waste spill per month?
5 Is all waste disposed of through a permitted
treatment, storage and disposal facility?
Hazardous Waste Determination
1
Has an accurate hazardous waste
determination been made on all solid wastes
by utilizing the following criteria:
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Is it excluded under 261.4?
Is it listed in subpart D of 261 or
appendix XI of 261?
Has the waste been analyzed?
Has generator knowledge of the hazard
characteristics of the waste in light of
the materials used been applied?
2
Have other regulatory exclusions and/or
restrictions been applied?
Documentation
1 Is a copy of the manifest maintained onsite
for three years?
2 Are test results, waste analysis or other
waste determination documentation
maintained onsite for three years?
3 If a signed copy of a manifest has not been
received within 60 days has an exception
report been filed with DHEC?
4 Has generator status been declared on or
before January 31 using DHEC 1961?
5 Are land disposal requirements met as
outlined in R.268?
6 Are LDRs maintained onsite for three years?
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Does the generator us a uniform manifest
when shipping hazardous waste offsite?
Note: The manifest requirements do not apply to small quantity generators if the
following requirements are met:
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their waste is reclaimed under a contractual agreement
the vehicle used to transport the waste and return the regenerated material back to the
generator is owned and operated by the reclaimer of the waste
there is a copy of the agreement available onsite
Note: Manifests do not have to be used to transport waste on public or private rights of way
within or along the border of contiguous property
8
Does generator designate on the manifest
one facility which is permitted to handle the
waste?
9 If necessary, does generator designate an
alternate facility?
10 Does the generator use a permitted
transporter to ship waste off-site?
11 Is the manifest completed as required by the
instructions printed on back?
USC EHS Office of Environmental Management
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Destroy Previous Revisions
Issue Date: 6/18/07
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