Shops and plants that generate hazardous waste

Where is the site that generates waste?

Free check of your hazardous waste generator category and whether you need a written RCRA contingency plan or only the small-generator postings.

  • Free to read
  • No sign-up until the draft
  • Hands off to the right door
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ePlan fills in

  • EPA ID and generator status
  • Fire station
  • Hospital
  • Nearest water
  • Flood zone

How it works

Generator category and contingency plan check, from one answer

  1. Enter the site and how much hazardous waste you make each month.
  2. ePlan finds your generator category and lists the plan or postings you need.
  3. Read the check free. Store oil too? Start an SPCC plan; the contingency plan can be added to it.

What you get

Generator category and contingency plan check and 1 more document

The check is free. The paperwork after it is drafted at the SPCC Plan Template, Filled In for Your Site door.

The first draft

Generator category and contingency plan check (free)

  1. Generator category this month
  2. Plan or postings required
  3. Emergency coordinator and alternates
  4. Arrangements with fire, police and hospitals
  5. Emergency equipment list
  6. Evacuation plan

Modeled on: 40 CFR 262 subpart M and the National Response Team Integrated Contingency Plan guidance (One Plan)

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SPCC plan with hazardous waste provisions

  1. Oil containers and capacities
  2. Containment and drainage
  3. Spill response
  4. Hazardous waste contingency section

From public data

What ePlan fills in, and from where

1,000 kg

of non-acute hazardous waste in a calendar month makes a site a large quantity generator, which must have a written contingency plan
Source: 40 CFR 260.10 and 262.260, eCFR

Ready for the paperwork?

Draft a self-certified SPCC plan for a yard, farm or shop with 10,000 gallons of oil or less. Tanks, drainage and spill steps filled in. Free to read.

SPCC Plan Template, Filled In for Your Site →

Questions

Hazardous Waste Contingency Plan: what people ask

Who needs a written hazardous waste contingency plan?

Large quantity generators: sites that generate 1,000 kilograms or more of hazardous waste a month, or more than one kilogram a month of acutely hazardous waste. State limits can differ from the federal ones.

Source: epa.gov

What do small quantity generators need instead?

SQGs are not required to have detailed, written contingency plans. At least one employee must always be available to respond to an emergency; that person is the emergency coordinator responsible for coordinating all emergency response measures.

Source: epa.gov

Can I combine it with my SPCC plan?

Yes. If you already have an SPCC plan or another emergency plan, you only need to amend it with hazardous waste provisions. EPA recommends basing one combined plan on the National Response Team's Integrated Contingency Plan guidance.

Source: ecfr.gov

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