School Board of the City of Virginia Beach
Policy 3-58

BUSINESS AND NONINSTRUCTIONAL OPERATIONS

Safety: Hazardous Waste - Containment/Disposal

A. Definition

A hazardous waste is a solid or liquid material with certain properties that could pose dangers to human health, property, or the environment after being thrown away. A hazardous waste may be one of over 400 materials specific ally listed by regulation, or a material which meets one of the following characteristics: Ingnitability, corrosivity, reactivity, or toxicity. Solvents, alkalis, pesticides, dyes, paints, thinners, cleaning fluids, oils, petroleum products, materials that burn or itch on contact with skin, materials that are corrosive and dissolve metals, wood, paper or clothing, flammable materials, materials that bubble or fume on contact with water - these products, and any other product delivered with a shipping paper or label indicating that it is a HAZARDOUS MATERIAL may be a hazardous waste when used or discarded.

B. Requirements

If a school facility generates BETWEEN 220 or 2,200 pounds (or one-half to five 55 gallon drums) of hazardous waste per month, it must:

1. Use a Uniform Waste Manifest to ship hazardous waste offsite; and

2. Send these wastes only to approved hazardous waste management facilities.

C. Containment and Disposal

The assistant superintendent for administrative support services is delegated the authority to supervise the proper containment and disposal of hazardous waste as mandated in the legal reference to this policy.

D. Reports

Periodic reports on the disposal of hazardous waste shall be made to the school board through the superintendent.

Editor's Notes
For hazard communication standard program see school board policy 3-57 preceding.
See also [State] Supts'. Memo. No. 209 on "Hazardous Waste," October 9, 1985.

Legal Reference:

Commonwealth of Virginia/State Board of Health Regulations, "Hazardous Waste Management" (April 1, 1986).

Commonwealth of Virginia/State Board of Health Regulations, "Transportation of Hazardous Materials" (April 1, 1986).

 

Adopted by School Board:  February 16, 1993