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Standard Operating Procedure
001a
University Safety and Waste
Handling Document
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UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY & RISK MANAGEMENT
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE
SUBJECT: Hazardous Materials & Chemical Waste Number: 99-5-9
POLICY: This policy provides for the disposal of hazardous materials and chemical waste in accordance
with all Federal and State regulations.
APPLICABILITY: Faculty, Staff, Employees, Students, Guests. This policy applies to URI Kingston Campus,
Narragansett Bay Campus (GSO), W. Alton Jones Campus, and Providence CCE Campus. Further, it applies
to all departments and organizations on each of these campuses. All laboratory chemicals, oil-based paint,
paint solvents, photographic chemicals, preservatives used for biological specimens, and any hazardous
waste material listed or identified in Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 261, or any materials which
exhibits the characteristics of ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity, or toxicity is covered by this policy.
PURPOSE: To provide for the proper disposal of hazardous materials and chemical waste according to
Federal and State hazardous waste disposal regulations. Failure to comply may result in civil, criminal,
or administrative penalties for the University.
PROCEDURE:
Federal law requires that once a chemical is declared to be hazardous chemical waste, it must be
removed from the campus within ninety (90) days. The University of Rhode Island is not permitted to treat
or dispose of hazardous waste locally. It is illegal to dispose of hazardous chemical waste by evaporation,
disposal down the sink drain to the sewer, or throwing it in the trash. Personnel from the Department of
Safety and Risk Management collect, transport, and store hazardous chemical waste prior to final disposal
by a licensed hazardous materials vendor.
All faculty must establish laboratory waste management programs for the laboratories they teach.
The waste should be collected at the end of each class and each student must be made responsible for
disposing of the waste material to the appropriate containers. Principal Investigators are responsible for the
waste generated in the research laboratories. A copy of the procedure that the Chemistry Department uses
to instruct its teaching assistants is attached to this policy. Labels are available from the Department of
Safety & Risk Management.
Departments are encouraged to share chemicals to reduce waste. Buy the minimum amount
required to reduce acquisition and disposal costs. This will insure that you have fresh reagents. If you have
good quality chemicals that you wish to donate, you may contact Andy Clapham, the Chemistry Department
stockroom manager, at 874-5084 (e-mail: Aclapham@chm.uri.edu).
URI Lab Waste Policy SOP 001a
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