Small Business Assistance - Permit Primer
Topic - Hazardous Waste
You are a Small Quantity Generator (SQG).
As a Small Quantity Generator, there are several procedures and requirements your business needs to be aware of. Review the following table to determine which requirements apply. In addition we suggest that you review the "Common Violations" fact sheet immediately following the table.
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Small Quantity Generator Requirements
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Issue
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Required?
Yes / No |
Available Fact Sheet or Web Site
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| Waste Determination | Yes By completing this portion of the Small Business Assistance Web Page you have made a waste determination. If you generate a new waste or make a process change, you need to go through this review. |
• What is Hazardous Waste?(WA-106)
• Hazardous Waste Determination: Guide Through NR 605 (WA-204)
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| Accumulation Limit | Yes SQGs must not accumulate more than 13,230 lbs. (total) of hazardous waste at their facility at any time. |
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| EPA ID Number | Yes Obtain an EPA identification number |
• EPA Identification Number
- Fact Sheet (WA-101)
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| Accumulation Time Frame / Container Storage | Yes SQGs may accumulate hazardous waste for 180 days or less (270 days or less if transported over 200 miles to a hazardous waste facility). Store your waste in accordance with the regulations found in the right column. |
• Hazardous Waste Container
Guidance (pdf)
• Hazardous Waste Inspection Logs (WA-098)
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Department of Transportation (DOT) Requirements | Yes Package, mark and label your wastes in accordance with the U.S. Department of Transportation's hazardous materials transportation requirements prior to shipping. |
• Chapter
TRANS 326, Wisc. Adm. Code - Motor Carrier Safety Requirements
for Transporting Hazardous Materials
(Exit DNR) • Office of Hazardous Materials Safety - Regulations, Clarifications and Exemptions- Web Page (49 CFR, 100-185) (Exit DNR) • Marking and Labeling Per Dept. of Transportation Requirements
(Exit DNR) |
| Manifest Requirements | Yes Use a WI DNR licensed hazardous waste transporter and fill out a hazardous waste manifest |
• Hazardous Waste Manifest
- Fact Sheet (WA-102)
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| Annual Reporting | Yes Submit an annual report on your waste management activities to the DNR |
• Consolidated Reporting System (CRS)-Web Page |
| Licensed Transporter | Yes Use a WI DNR licensed hazardous waste transporter. NOTE: If you will be transporting the waste yourself, you will need a Hazardous Waste Transporter License. Please Refer to the link along right column. |
• Transporting Hazardous
Waste (WA-137)
• WI Licensed Commercial Transporters (SW-234) • Hazardous Waste Transporter - Web Page (exit DNR) |
| Proper Treatment, Storage and Disposal of Your Waste | Yes Properly recycle, treat or dispose of your hazardous waste at a licensed Treatment, Storage and Disposal (TSD) facility. NOTE: If you are a TSD, you will need a TSD license. Please refer to the Hazardous Waste Facility (TSD) link along right margin. |
• Recycling Hazardous
Waste: DNR Requirements in Brief (WA-191)
• WI Licensed Commercial TSD's (WA-235) • Hazardous Waste Facility (TSD) License - Web Page (Exit DNR) |
| Land Disposal Restrictions | YesYou must notify each TSD facility that your waste must be treated before it can be placed in a landfill. Your waste hauler may be able to provide the form or you can obtain it here (far right column). | • EPA Land Disposal Restrictions - Web Page (Exit DNR) |
| Safety, Training & Emergency Procedures | Yes Establish emergency procedures for responding to environmental emergencies such as leaks, spills and fires involving hazardous wastes. | • Hazardous Waste Training
Records (WA-099)
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Common
Violations 
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Small
Business Assistance