HAWAII STATE INFORMATION SHEET

HAZARDOUS WASTE GENERATOR IMPROVEMENTS RULE CHANGES

Notify of container storage area or facility closure; clean closure performance standards
Submit quick reference guide with contingency plan
Additional precautions for containers holding ignitable and reactive wastes (including “no smoking” signs)
Allow LQGs to apply to local fire departments to receive a waiver allowing storage of ignitable or reactive waste within 50 feet of facility boundary if appropriate and safe.

Document compliance with accumulation time limits for tanks using logs, monitoring equipment, or other records
Label containers with hazardous waste numbers (or bar codes carrying this information) before transport
Follow labeling and incompatible waste requirements in satellite accumulation areas (same as central accumulation areas)
Document hazardous waste determinations
Document arrangements (or attempts to make arrangements) with local emergency responders
Label containers and tanks “hazardous waste” and an indication of the hazards of the contents

Allow very small quantity generators (VSQGs; currently known as “conditionally exempt small quantity generators” or CESQGs) to send hazardous waste to an LQG owned by the same company. The LQG consolidates the waste and manages it under more protective requirements (the same requirements as if the waste were generated by the LQG)

Allow VSQGs and SQGs to maintain their existing generator category in the case of a one-time event (such as a clean out of old chemicals) where they generate more hazardous waste than usual. Generators that satisfy the listed conditions would not have to comply with the more stringent generator category standards when their generation temporarily increases.