If you have wastes on-site for longer than your accumulation time limit you are subject to the permitted facilities requirements. Contact your region office.
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Medium and large quantity generators can, under rare circumstances, apply for an extension before their time limit expires. If your facility might exceed the time limit and is unable to ship dangerous wastes:
We issue extensions on a case-by-case basis. Please provide us with the following information:
- Number and size of containers approaching the 90- or 180-day accumulation time limit.
- General description of the waste.
- Accumulation start date of the waste.
- Specific location (accumulation area) of the waste.
- Documentation of the efforts you have made to schedule waste pickup.
- Explanation as to why the dangerous waste must remain on-site due to unforeseen, temporary, and uncontrollable circumstances.
- Copy of the most recent weekly inspection log.
- Name and phone number for the on-site emergency coordinator.
After we complete our review, we will notify you of our decision.
MQGs must stay below the maximum allowable limits to remain conditionally exempt from a storage permit. MQGs become subject to treatment, storage, disposal (TSD) facility requirements (WAC 173-303-600) when they exceed:
- 6,600 pounds of dangerous waste,
OR
- 2.2 pounds of acutely hazardous waste
OR
- 2.2 pounds of toxic extremely hazardous waste.
In this situation, an MQG must immediately ship waste off-site to stay below these thresholds.
SQGs become subject to LQG conditions for exemption until all dangerous waste is shipped off-site.