How much Hazardous Waste can I store at my facility?

Both conditionally-exempt small quantity generators (CE-SQG) and small quantity generators (SQG) have limits on how much hazardous waste they can store at their facility at the one time. If you go above these prescribed limits, you will need to comply with the requirements of the next higher generator category.

For non-acute hazardous waste, this limit is 1000 kg or 2,200 lbs for a CE-SQG and 6000 kg or 13,200 lbs for a SQG.

For acute hazardous waste, the limit is the same for both: 1 kg for an acute hazardous waste or 100 kg for spill residue from an acute hazardous waste. Thus, if your hospital accumulates just 1 kg of a p-listed waste on site, you will need to comply with all the RCRA Subtitle C requirements since you will be treated as a large quantity generator (LQG).

An LQG can store as much hazardous waste as it wants on site. There is no quantity limitation.