Hazardous Waste Publications

Recent Issues

• Many industries are required to obtain an Industrial Stormwater Permit. Go to the Industrial Stormwater Web page to find out if you’re one of them.
• Options for CCA Wood Treatment Plants Converting to Preservatives that do not Generate Hazardous Waste (U.S. EPA)

General Requirements

10 Steps to Compliance

• General Requirements - Summary [#1.00] (9/03)
• Step 1. Evaluate Waste; Determine Generator Size [#1.01] (5/09)
• Step 2: Obtain a Waste Identification Number [#w-hw1-02] (4/10)
• Step 3: Hazardous Waste Licensing
• Steps 4 & 5: Label and Store Hazardous Wastes [#1.04 & 1.05] (5/09)
• Step 6: Treat or Dispose of Hazardous Waste Correctly [#w-hw1-06] (8/10)
• Step 7: Manifest Shipments of Hazardous Waste [#1.07] (rev. 1/11)
• Step 8: Emergency Planning for Very Small Quantity Generators [#1.08a] (rev. 8/09)
• Step 8: Emergency Planning for Small Quantity Generators [#1.08b] (rev. 12/09)
•  Emergency Planning Packet for Small Quantity Generators[#1.08b template] Note: Much of this form can be filled out electronically.
• Step 8: Plan for Emergencies - Contingency Plan for Large Quantity Generators [#1.08c] (rev. 1/10)
•  Contingency Planning Packet for Large Quantity Generators[#1.08c template] (1/10)
• Step 9: Personnel Training for Very Small Quantity Generators [#w-hw1-09a] (4/10)
• Step 9: Personnel Training for Small Quantity Generators [#w-hw1-09b] (8/10)
• Step 9: Personnel Training for Large Quantity Generators [#1.09c] (8/10)
•   Hazardous Waste Management Training Record Template [#w-hw1-09d] (8/10)
• Step 10: Keep Records [#w-hw1-10] (8/10)
• Minimal Quantity Generators [#1.50] (rev. 5/11)

Hazardous Waste Identification and General Information

• F List of Hazardous Waste [#w-hw2-00] (1/11)
• K List of Hazardous Waste [#w-hw2-01] (11/10)
• P-listed/Acute Hazardous Wastes [#2.02] (12/11)
• U-listed Hazardous Wastes [#2.03] (2/11)
• Characteristic Hazardous Wastes [#2.04] (5/11)
• The Lethality Characteristic [#2.05] (5/09)
• Leak Detection for Onground Tanks [#2.19]
• Hazardous Waste Shipping Log [#2.40] (rev. 7/04)
• Documenting Container Inspections [#2.41] (rev. 11/02)
• Recycling Hazardous Waste [#2.42] (5/11)
• VSQG Collection Program Requirements and Instructions [#2.50] (10/08)
• VSQG Collection Program Requirements for Generators and List of Licensed Programs [w-hw2-51] (3/12)
• Starting a Very Small Quantity Generator Hazardous Waste Collection Program [#2.52] (10/11)
•  Requirements for Transporting Waste to a Very Small Quantity Generator Collection Program [#2.53] (5/11)
• Example Shipping Paper for VSQGs Transporting to a VSQG Collection Program (#2.53b) (5/11)
• Transportation Guidelines for VSQG Collection Programs - booklet [#2.54b] (1/11)
  Note:  When printing the booklet, select Landscape, Two-sided printing and a binding location of Short  Edge.
• Questions for Your Supplier When Changing Brands or Products (MnTAP)

Industry Specific

• Drycleaner Fund: Help for Environmental Cleanup Costs
• Overview of Waste and Emission Reduction Alternatives for Dry Cleaners (MnTAP)
• Environmental Management at Aggregate Operations 
•  Appliance Recycling — Requirements for Recyclers [#3.02] (7/10)
• Transporting Hazardous Waste Generated by Construction and Service Contractors [w-hw3-11] (6/11)
• Managing Waste from Residential Properties in Preparation for Resale [#3.12] (8/09)
• Hazardous Waste in Minnesota Health Care Facilities [#3.33]
• Managing Waste from Health Care Providers [#3.34] (10/03)
• Regulatory Consensus on Health Care Issues [#3.35] (4/12)
•  Reverse Distribution of General Merchandise (h-hw3-36a) (9/10) 
• Reverse Distribution of Pharmaceuticals [w-hw3-36b] (6/11)
• Addressing Common Problems in Metal Finishing and Circuit Board Shops (Hennepin County Environmental Services)
• Floor Management Plan for the metal finishing industry (fact sheet) [#3.46a] (2/08)
• Floor Management Plan (template) [#3.46b] (2/08)
• Floor Inspection Checklist [#3.46c] (2/08)
• Managing Waste from Radiator Repair Shops [#3.56] (rev. 7/99)
• Hazardous Waste from Wood Treating Operations [#3.72] (rev. 6/03)

Specific Wastes

•  Aerosols [w-hw4-00] (12/11)
• Amalgam - Universal waste [w-hw4-62] (2/12)
•  Antifreeze [w-hw4-02] (rev. 8/04)
• Appliances with refrigerants
•  Appliance recycling [w-hw3-02] (7/10)
• Asbestos
•  Ballasts - light, PCB [w-hw4-48f] (10/05)
•  Batteries, dry-cell — see Managing Universal Wastes (w-hw4-62) (2/12)
• Batteries, lead-acid — see Managing Universal Wastes (w-hw4-62) (2/12)
• Batteries, lead-acid sellers (and sign) [w-hw4-07] (3/12)
•  Batteries, lead-acid - casings at residential sites [#4.09] (7/04)
•  Batteries - universal waste (w-hw4-62) (2/12)
•  Caulk — PCB (w-hw4-48k) (3/12)
•  Capacitors - PCB [w-hw4-48f] (10/05)
•  Catalytic converters - metal scrap [4_27] (10/98)
•  Drugs- confiscated by law enforcement (w-hw4-13) (9/09)
• Drugs - also see Pharmaceuticals
•  Electronic waste, managing [w-hw4.15] (12/11)
• Electronics, retailers collecting from households [w-gen2-07] (3/12)
• Electronics - recycling law
•  Empty containers [w-hw4-16] (8/04)
•  Flooring - mercury-catalyzed polyurethane [w-hw4-25] (5/08)
• Floor drains and flammable traps [w-hw4-18] (6/07)
•  Foreclosed properties [w-hw3-12] (8/09)
•  Fuel waste [w-hw4-19] (3/12)
• Fluorescent lamps — universal waste [w-hw4-62] (2/12)
•  Gelcoat and polyester resin [4_50] (9/97)
•  Infectious — generators [w-sw4-30] (2/10)
•  Infectious — transporters [w-sw4-31] (8/10)
•  Infectious — storage, decontamination, disposal facilities [w-sw4-32]  (8/10)
•  Lead-contaminated [w7-02] (4/99)
• Marinas [4_24] (9/97)
•  Mercury switches [4_26] (10/98)
•  Mercury — universal waste [w-hw4-62] (2/12)
• Metal scrap — catalytic converters and wheel weights [4_27] (10/98)
• Oil, used — generators [w-hw4-30] (1/04)
• Oil, used — transporting [w-hw4-31] (4/06)
•  Oil, used — burning [w-hw4-32] (7/03)
• Oil, used — marketing [w-hw4-34] (7/03)
• Oil, used — alternatives for dust suppression [w-hw4-35] (7/03)
• Oil, used — sign for retailers/collection sites [w-hw4-36]
• Paint — booth filters [w-hw4-38] (6/03)
• Paint and ink [w-hw4-40] (5/04)
•  Paint, lead — from residences [w-hw4-41] (7/03)
• Parts-washers, solvent-based (w-hw4-43) (2/12)
• Parts-washers, aqueous [4_44] (3/00)
•  Pesticides — universal waste [w-hw4-62] (2/12)
•  Pharmaceuticals — evaluation [w-hw4-45a] (8/04)
•  Pharmaceuticals — alternative evaluation for lethality [w-hw4-45b] (8/10)
• Photographic and x-ray waste [w-hw4-46] (6/11)
•  PCBs — identification and use [w-hw4-48a] (9/10)
• PCBs — labeling and marking [w-hw4-48b] (9/10)
•  PCBs — storage [w-hw4-48c] (9/10)
•  PCBs — manifest and dispose [w-hw4-48d] (9/10)
•  PCBS — recordkeeping [w-hw4-48e] (9/10)
•  PCBs — ballasts and small capacitors [w-hw4-48f] (10/05)
• PCB leaks and spills (w-hw4-48g) (3/12)
•  PCBs — changes in management [w-hw4-48h] (1/05)
•  PCBs — phase-out agreement application [w-hw4-48i] 12/05
• PCBs — phase-out report form [w-hw4-48j] (1/08)
•  PCBs — caulking [w-hw4-48k] (3/12)
•  Polyester resin and gelcoat [4_50] (9/97)
• Powerwashing and Other Water-based Blasting [w-hw4-39b] (3/12)
• Sandblasting and Other Air-based Blasting [w-hw4-39a] (3/12)
•  Sewering [4_49] (rev. 10/96)
•  Shredder residue [w-hw8-03] (9/06)
• Street sweepings — managing [w-sw4-54] (6/10)
•  Street sweepings report [w-sw4-55] (6/05)
• Tires [w-sw4-60]
•  Towels, wipes, sorbents [w-hw4-61] (2/01)
•  Treated wood [w-hw4-67] (rev. 9/10)
•  Universal waste — Minnesota [w-hw4-62] (2/12)
• Vehicles — dismantling procedures [4_63] (9/98)
• Vehicles — storing [w-hw4-64] (rev.11/03)
•  Wheel weights — metal scrap [4_27] (10/97)
• X-ray and photographic waste [w-hw4-46] (6/11)

Resources

• Hazardous Waste-related Contacts [5.00] (10/09)
• Common Automotive Wastes — 18" x 24" poster [5.11] (7/04)
• Small Business Environmental Improvement Loan Program
• Pollution Prevention Tips

Waste Materials Service Providers

• MN Department of Transportation Commercial Vehicles Operations Information
• Know What To Throw - A to Z Material Management Directory for Businesses
• Greener Choices (includes E-waste center)
• Minnesota Materials Exchange
• Recycling Markets Directory
• Electronics Recycling
• Waste Tire Transporter List [w-sw6-03] (9/11)

Forms

• MPCA Hazardous Waste License Application, Instructions and Update Newsletter [w-hw7-01]
  The MPCA is changing the Hazardous Waste License Application process and will mail license applications to generators in greater Minnesota in July, 2011; do not submit a license application until that time. Generators in the seven-county metropolitan area: contact your county hazardous waste office for licensing and reporting forms and instructions. See Hazardous Waste-related Contacts for contact information.
• Notification of Regulated Waste Activity (Note that the form below replaces U.S. EPA Form 8700-12 and U.S. EPA 8700-13A/B for Minnesota sites.)
  • Notification of Regulated Waste Activity Form (PDF Version) (w-hw7-09) (3/12)
• Sewered Waste Notification Form and Instructions (PDF Version) (w-hw7-11) (1/12)
• Recycled Hazardous Waste Report (PDF Version) (w-hw7-12) (form and instructions) [#7.12] (5/11)
• Recycled Hazardous Waste Management Plan form (PDF Version) (w-hw7-16) (5/11)
• Lamp Accumulation Financial Assurance Form (PDF Version) (w-hw7-20) (4/12)

Program Management Decisions

• Pharmaceutical Reverse Distribution [w-hw8-09] (7/11)
•  Program Management Decision Establishing Consistent Criteria for Evaluation by Knowledge for the Lethality Characteristic [w-hw8-08] (4/09)
•  Continuation of the Policy to Allow Transport of Hazardous Waste from Very Small Quantity Generator (VSQG) Business Sites to VSQG Consolidation Program (VCP) Facilities by Government Operated VCPs [w-hw8-07] (4/09)
•  Treated Wood Products Program Management Decision [w-hw8-06] (3/10)
• Management of Mercury-Contaminated Wastewater from Dental Clinics Connected to Subsurface Sewage Treatment Systems [w-hw8-05] (1/09)
• Evaluation and Management of Shredder Residue Waste [w-hw8-03] (9/06)
• Termination of the Special Waste Pilot Project [w-hw8-02] (12/04)
• Exclusion of Some Characteristic Wastes [w-hw8-01] (7/04)