Hazardous Waste Transfer Facility

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-012965",
  "term": "Hazardous Waste Transfer Facility",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Any transportation-related facility, including loading docks, parking areas, storage areas and other similar areas where shipments of hazardous waste or hazardous secondary materials are held during the normal course of transportation.\n\n2. Any transportation-related facility including loading docks, parking areas, and other similar areas where shipments of PCB waste are held during the normal course of transportation. Transport vehicles are not transfer facilities under this definition, unless they are used for the storage of PCB waste, rather than for actual transport activities. Storage areas for PCB waste at transfer facilities are subject to the storage facility standards of § 761.65, but such storage areas are exempt from the approval requirements of § 761.65(d) and the recordkeeping requirements of § 761.180, unless the same PCB waste is stored there for a period of more than 10 consecutive days between destinations.\n\n3. Any transportation-related facility including loading docks, parking areas, storage areas and other similar areas where shipments of universal waste are held during the normal course of transportation for ten days or less. See 40 CFR 273.9\n\n4. Any transportation-related facility including loading docks, parking areas, storage areas and other similar areas where shipments of hazardous waste are held during the normal course of transportation.",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 260.10 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 761.3 (CFR 2013)",
    "Adapted from Universal Waste: Glossary of Regulatory Terms",
    "40 CFR 270.2 (CFR 2018)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/hazardous-waste-transfer-facility/"
}