Section 096-263-12 - WASTE MANAGEMENTA. SOPs for waste management The laboratory must have SOPs for the disposal of samples, digestates, leachates and extracts or other sample preparation products. All waste must be managed according to the following requirements:
1. Solid waste, as defined in the Maine Hazardous Waste, Septage and Solid Waste Management Act, 38 MRS §1303- C(29), must be managed in accordance with the Solid Waste Management Rules, 06-096 CMR, Ch. 400 - 425.2. Incinerator ash, provided it is not hazardous by characteristic, is a special waste. Regulations governing the handling, storage and disposal of incinerator ash are specified in 06-096 CMR, Chs. 400 - 425 of the Solid Waste Management Rules. Incinerator ash which meets hazardous waste characteristics, as defined in Identification of Hazardous Wastes, 06-096 CMR, Ch. 850, must be managed as a hazardous waste.3. Hazardous wastes, as defined by 38 MRS §1303- C(15) (with the exception of infectious and pathogenic wastes) and in 06-096 CMR, Ch. 850 must be managed in accordance with Maine's Standards for Hazardous Waste Facilities, Licensing of Transporters of Hazardous Waste Rules, Standards for Hazardous Waste Facilities Rules, Interim Licenses for Waste Facilities for Hazardous Wastes Rules, Licensing of Hazardous Waste Facilities Rules and Hazardous Waste Manifest Requirements (See 06-096 CMR, Chs. 850 - 857).4. Radioactive material, as defined by the Radiation Protection Act pursuant to 22 MRS §673, must be managed in accordance with the rules of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Maine Rules Relating to Radiation Protection (10-144 CMR, Ch. 220).5. Biomedical waste, as defined by 38 MRS §1303- C(1-A), must be managed in accordance with the Biomedical Waste Management Rules, 06-096 CMR, Ch. 900.6. If there is a conflict between another applicable rule or regulation and this rule, the more restrictive requirement applies.06-096 C.M.R. ch. 263, § 12