MODIFICATION
99 -- Hazardous Waste Disposal for NIOSH Facility, Morgantown, WV
- Notice Date
- 10/27/2009
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 562112
— Hazardous Waste Collection
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Acquisition and Assistance Field Branch (Morgantown), 1095 Willowdale Road, Morgantown, West Virginia, 26505
- ZIP Code
- 26505
- Solicitation Number
- 00HCCA-2010-77385
- Archive Date
- 1/9/2010
- Point of Contact
- Rebecca S Mullenax, Phone: 304-285-5880, Kimberly P Groves, Phone: 304-285-5885
- E-Mail Address
-
rmullenax@cdc.gov, kgroves@cdc.gov
(rmullenax@cdc.gov, kgroves@cdc.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- Question #1: What type of hazardous/toxic chemicals would a company be picking up and disposing of? NIOSH currently has over 6000 different chemicals in relatively small quantities. They are all hazardous, not radioactive. Here is a exerpt from our Hazardous Waste Manual on chemcial types: Hazardous Chemical Waste Categories The following definitions and characteristics are provided for the purpose of clarifying hazardous waste categories and which wastes are considered hazardous. Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) can also assist with making determinations. (See 40 CFR 261) a. Ignitables (Flammables, Combustibles) 1. Liquids having a flash point less than 60o C (140o F), (HazMat 3) 2. Solids capable, under standard temperature and pressure, of causing spontaneous and sustained combustion (HazMat 4.1, 4.2, or 4.3). 3. Listed oxidizer (49 CFR 173.151) - which yields oxygen readily to stimulate the combustion of organic matter (HazMat 5.1, 5.2) 4. Ignitable compressed gas per 49 CFR 173.300 (HazMat 2.1) b. Corrosive Substances (HazMat 8) 1. Having a pH less than 2 (acidic) or greater than 12.5 (basic). c. Reactives (can be from any HazMat class) 1. Unstable and readily undergoes violent change without detonating. 2. May explode or violently react when exposed to water, when heated, or Revised by J.D. 10/16/06 3 3. May create toxic fumes or gases when exposed to water or under normal handling conditions. 4. May generate toxic levels of sulfide or cyanide gas when exposed to a pH range of 2 through 12.5. 5. Capable of detonation if heated under confinement or subjected to a strong initiating force. 6. Capable of detonation at standard temperature and pressures. 7. Listed as Class A or B explosive (HazMat 1). d. Toxics (HazMat 6.1) 1. See 40 CFR 261.24 - concentrations of contaminants - for toxicity classification. e. Other (non-classified; can be from any HazMat class) 1. Fatal to humans in low doses. 2. Studies shown to have an oral LD50 toxicity (rat) of less than 50 milligrams per kilogram. 3. Dermal LD50 toxicity (rabbit) of less than 200 milligrams per kilogram. 4. Inhalation LC50 toxicity of less than 2 mg/liter. 5. Otherwise capable of causing or significantly contributing to an increase in serious irreversible, or incapacitating reversible, illness. f. Listed Wastes (can be from any HazMat class) 1. Those chemicals listed in EPA 40 CFR 261.31 through 261.33. 2. Those chemicals listed by the WV-DNR under Title 47, Series 35 - Hazardous Waste Management Regulations.
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