CHAPTER 2: Waste Management - Michigan

1 Michigan GUIDE TO ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS Michigan Guide to Environmental Health and Safety Regulations Rev. 2022 IN THIS CHAPTERP urpose and Applicability of Regulations .. 3 Agencies and Their Laws and Rules .. 3 Waste Reduction, Recycling, and Diverted Waste .. 5 Identifying Wastes and Waste Reduction Opportunities .. 7 Solid Waste Exclusions and Exemptions .. 9 Solid Waste Disposal and Littering .. 19 Open Burning and Open Dumping .. 22 Scrap Tires .. 23 Liquid Industrial By-Products .. 24 Defining Liquid Industrial By-Products .. 25 Liquid Industrial By-Products Generator requirements .. 28 Liquid Industrial By-Products Designated Facility requirements .

2 33 Hazardous Waste .. 36 Defining Hazardous Waste .. 37 Determining If You Generate Hazardous 50 Hazardous Waste Generator Status & requirements Summary Chart .. 59 Site Identification Numbers .. 68 Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifests and Shipping Records .. 70 Biennial Reports .. 75 Hazardous Waste and Universal Waste Accumulation On-site .. 76 Labeling requirements .. 83 Retail Specific Resources .. 86 Selecting a Transporter and TSDF .. 87 Disposing Hazardous Waste On-Site .. 90 Employee Emergency Training .. 90 Medical Waste .. 96 CHAPTER 2: Waste MATERIALS Management CHAPTER 2: Waste MATERIALS Management REGULATIONS 2-2 Registration and Record Keeping requirements .

3 98 Medical Waste Management Plans .. 99 Mixed Medical Waste Medical Waste Commingled with Hazardous Waste or Liquid Industrial By-Products .. 99 Managing Specific Waste Streams ..101 Used Oil .. 101 Used Oil Filters .. 105 Lead Acid Batteries .. 105 Dry Cell Batteries .. 106 Electric Lamps .. 108 Small Capacitors and Ballasts .. 109 Sorbents .. 110 Shop Towels and Other Textiles .. 110 Spent Parts Washer and Other Solvents .. 112 Aerosols .. 116 Painting Wastes .. 118 Wastes Containing Silver and Other Precious Metals .. 119 Electronic Waste .. 120 Waste Containing Radioactive 121 Spent Antifreeze .. 121 Scrap Metal.

4 121 Pharmaceuticals .. 122 Biosolids .. 123 Marijuana Cultivation and Processing .. 124 Photovoltaic Solar Panels .. 124 WHERE TO GO FOR HELP ..125 Michigan GUIDE TO ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS 2-3 PURPOSE AND APPLICABILITY OF REGULATIONS Everyone generates Waste on a daily basis and is subject to the state s Waste regulations. When Waste is improperly handled and disposed ( , illegal dumping along roadsides, in the woods, in illegal landfills, in wetlands, in lakes and streams, or by being improperly burned, both surface and groundwater quality, as well as air quality, can be impacted. Your legal responsibility as a generator of any quantity of Waste extends from cradle to grave.)

5 This covers the time from when the Waste is first generated through its ultimate disposal. State and federal court decisions have consistently upheld that legal liability remains with the original generator, in some instances even after disposal. As you review this CHAPTER , consider referencing Appendix B, which provides definitions for the various terms that appear in bold throughout the CHAPTER . Also note that in some instances, multiple agencies use the same term to describe a different regulated group. Such terms are followed by a dash and an acronym for the defining agency or regulation. For example, the Department of Transportation (US DOT), the Michigan Fire Prevention Code, Public Act 207 of 1941, as amended (Act 207), and the Michigan Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, Public Act 368 of 1998 (Act 368) all have differing definitions for the term hazardous material.

6 Therefore, the US DOT, Act 207, and Act 368 definitions of hazardous material will appear as hazardous material-USDOT, hazardous material-Act 207, and hazardous material-EGLE, respectively. AGENCIES AND THEIR LAWS AND RULES Several different agencies are involved with overseeing proper Waste Management . State agencies include the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE); the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA); the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD); and the Michigan State Police (MSP). Federal agencies include the Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA), US DOT, Nuclear Regulatory Commission (US NRC) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (US DEA).

7 In addition, local entities such as solid Waste Management authorities, publicly owned treatment works authorities, local fire departments, and county health departments may have jurisdiction over proper Waste Management under local codes. CHAPTER 2: Waste MATERIALS Management REGULATIONS 2-4 800-662-9278 The following identifies Michigan s common Waste regulations (laws and rules implementing the law) that are overseen by EGLE s Materials Management Division (MMD): Solid Waste regulations under Part 115 (Solid Waste Management ) of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, Public Act 451 of 1994, as amended (Act 451), the Part 115 administrative rules, and Part 89 (Littering) of Act 451.

8 (Summarized in CHAPTER ) Scrap tire regulations under Part 169 (Scrap Tires) of Act 451. (Summarized in CHAPTER ) Liquid industrial by-products regulations under Part 121 (Liquid Industrial By-Products) of Act 451. (Summarized in CHAPTER ) Hazardous Waste requirements under Part 111 (Hazardous Waste Management ) of Act 451 and the Part 111 administrative rules. (Summarized in CHAPTER ) Transportation of hazardous materials-EGLE requirements , which includes both liquid industrial by-products and hazardous Waste , under the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (Public Act 138 of 1998). (Summarized in CHAPTER and and CHAPTER 4) Used oil recycling regulation under Part 167 (Used Oil Recycling) of Act 451.

9 (See CHAPTER ) Disposal of batteries regulations under Part 171 (Battery Disposal) of Act 451 (See Chapters and ). Consumer and small electronics from business with ten or less employees under Part 173. (Electronics) of Act 451. (See CHAPTER ) Recycling reporting under Part 175 (Recycling Reporting) of Act 451 (see CHAPTER ) Medical Waste requirements under Part 138 (Medical Waste Regulatory Act) of the Public Health Code, Act 368 of 1978, as amended (Act 368) and the Part 138 administrative rules. (Summarized in CHAPTER ) Radioactive Waste under Part 135 (Ionizing Radiation Rules) of Act 368; the Part 135 administrative rules; Part 111 (Hazardous Waste Management ) of Act 451; and the Part 111 administrative rules.

10 ( Summarized in CHAPTER 10) The following are common federal Waste regulations (laws and rules implementing the law): Federal hazardous Waste regulations implementing the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) are contained in Title 40, Parts 260-279, of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) (40 CFR 260-279). Federal coal combustion residuals regulations implementing the federal RCRA are contained in Title 40, Part 257 (40 CFR 257). Transportation regulations for hazardous materials-USDOT overseen by US DOT and MSP are contained in 49 CFR Parts 100 to 199. ( CHAPTER 4) Michigan GUIDE TO ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS 2-5 Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) materials and Waste regulations overseen by the EPA are in the federal Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and Title 40, Part 761 (40 CFR 761).