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Manifest # 012345
Start Date – Oct. 3, 2003

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Identify the following:
Hazardous Substance Designation
DOT Proper Shipping Name
Hazard class
DOT identification number
Hazardous waste warning
Generator name
23. Based on the manufacturer’s mark, answer the following:
(a) What is the minimum drum wall thickness for reuse of the drum?
(b) What is the limit of specific gravity of the contents?
(c) What is the drum type?
24. Who is responsible for ensuring that containers are properly marked and labeled (i.e.,
hazardous waste generator, transporter, TSDF, regulatory agency)?

A.13.1 APPENDIX: HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT SCENARIOS

A.13.1.1 INTRODUCTION
After reading each scenario, discuss what, if any, violations may have occurred. How would these
violations be best addressed (i.e., via changes in engineering design, a modified storage or disposal
program, some use of common sense, etc.)? These are open-ended situations.

A.13.1.2 THE SCENARIOS
1. A driver has spilled hazardous waste (baghouse dust, K061) on to the road within a secure land
disposal facility (Figure A.13.1). The driver dismisses the concerns of the inspector, stating the
amount released was a “minimal” quantity of hazardous waste.
2. A company truck is used to transport bulk hazardous waste to a disposal facility. What is wrong
with this picture (Figure A.13.2)?
3. A machining facility uses trichloroethylene (TCE) to degrease machine parts. During lunch
breaks and after work, four of the plant employees enjoy playing paintball in the back of com-
pany property, alongside Sparkling River (Figure A.13.3). They recently moved ten drums, in
Moe’s pickup truck, to the river’s edge to use as the necessary barriers for the game. All drums
are at least half-filled with TCE. One employee occasionally uses the TCE-laden drums for tar-
get practice with live ammunition (to repeat from Chapter 12, these are true stories).