Waste Generator

A “Waste Generator” is an individual and/or line manager having direct responsibility for operations that generate waste. If you generate waste, you are responsible for the characterization, storage, and disposal of the waste, as described in LIR-404-00-02.3, General Waste Management Requirements. TA-53 has Waste Management Coordinators (WMCs) who guide and coordinate waste-management activities and resolve waste-management issues for Waste Generators.

Ronnie Garcia and Lance Kloefkorn
TA-53 Waste Management

If you are a Waste Generator, you must do the following:

• Complete required waste-generation training. Please contact the TA-53 Training Office for information and scheduling.
• Ensure that waste generated has a disposal path or is authorized to be generated. Creation of mixed waste, which is hazardous waste that also has a radioactive component, requires line-management approval. Creation of waste with no defined disposal path requires DOE approval.
• Provide accurate and complete waste-characterization information and documentation to ensure that regulated constituents in waste streams are identified. Contact your WMC for guidance.
• Package, mark, label, and manage waste in accordance with regulations applicable to the waste.
• Notify your manager or the Facility Manager on call (664-7466) of any planned or accidental release of waste or waste water to the environment or discharge to a piped drainage system. If the Facility Manager cannot be reached during an accidental release, notify the Emergency Management and Response Group (EM&R).
• Notify the WMC of any planned generation of waste or change of an established waste stream. Use the “Waste Service Request System” under the "Environmental" link on the LFO-ESH&Q website at: http://int.lansce.lanl.gov/LANSCE-ABS0