Hazardous Waste Generation

Rules

No more than 55 gallons may be stored at the point of generation
Storage containers must be marked and labeled:

Marked: “Hazardous Waste”- with approved label
Type of waste- list all contents and estimate amounts
Date when waste was first placed in container

When an on-site container is full, it must be moved to a temporary storage facility – date and print name of person closing container

Policy

At points where generation rates are low, smaller storage containers will used if practical
When an on-site container is nearly full, the generator will contact:

Sam Guth (660-785-4203, sguth@truman.edu)

Points of Generation

Barnett Hall (Printing Services):

Cleaners, inks, developer, and fix (photography) [Picked up under Crystal Clean contract] POC: Stan Bunfill, 660-785-4161

Boiler Plant

Physical Plant paint shop: thinners and oil-based paint
POC: Doug Ludolph

Physical Plant boiler room: chemicals and used oil
POC: Louis Veatch, 660-785-4205

Physical Plant electrical shop: PCB ballasts
POC: Ralph Miller

Physical Plant mechanical maintenance: part cleaner solvents
POC: David Cameron

Physical Plant HVAC: refrigerants(reclaimed)
POC: Dave Cameron

Dulaney-Baldwin

Physical Plant grounds shop: used oil (not hazardous)
POC: 660-785-4200

Magruder Hall (Science labs)

Acids, Bases, Cryogens, Ketones, etc.
POC: Elaine Scudder, 660-785-4631

McKinney Health Center

Biohazards [Picked up under consortium arrangement] POC: Brenda Higgins, 660-785-4694

University Farm (Ag Science)

Used oil (not hazardous)
POC: Bill Kuntz, 660-785-7477