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UNC Chapel Hill Permit <br /> PART III - STORAGE/TREATMENT IN CONTAINERS <br /> The Hazardous Materials Facility(HMF) is located northwest of the University of North Carolina at <br /> Chapel Hill main campus and consists of Building 488 and Building 531. Figures and text in Part D of <br /> the Application provide detailed information on the HMF. <br /> Building 488 <br /> Approximately 50 feet by 36 feet, Building 488 is a concrete block building with an epoxy coated <br /> concrete floor. Hazardous wastes are inventoried, treated, and/or consolidated in Building 488. <br /> Treatment consists of bulking or elementary neutralization. Waste consolidation is also achieved by <br /> labpacking. The raised sill floor system in the Consolidation Room provides for 507 gallons of <br /> secondary containment. Two 55-gallon drums are used for waste solvent bulking. The neutralization <br /> process limit is 30 gallons per day. Shelves with containment pans provide a maximum storage capacity <br /> of 320 gallons for wastes to be labpacked. The floor plan provides for up to eighteen 55-gallon labpack <br /> drums in the Consolidation Room. <br /> Building 531 <br /> Approximately 65 feet by 40 feet, Building 531 is a pre-engineered steel structure on an epoxy coated <br /> concrete floor with perimeter curbing. Hazardous and mixed waste storage areas in Building 531 consist <br /> of a flammable waste storage room in the northwest corner, seven separate small storage bays on the <br /> north side of the building, and two separate large storage bays on the south side of the building. The <br /> volume of the largest container is 55 gallons. No more than 75 compressed gas cylinders are stored in <br /> the southwest corner of building 531. <br /> The dimensions and capacities of the Building 531 storage areas are as follows: <br /> Area Dimensions Capacity Containment <br /> Flammable 12 ft. x 15.5 ft. 1295 Gallons 129.5 Gallons <br /> Storage Room (up to 19 55-gal drums) <br /> Storage Bays 6.5 ft. x 10.1 ft. 590 Gallons each bay 62.3 Gallons <br /> (Nos. 1-7) (each bay) (up to 10 55-gal drums) <br /> South Side 19 ft. x 15.5 ft. 2,660 Gallons 266 Gallons <br /> Storage Bay No. 8 (up to 36 55-gal drums) <br /> South Side 19 ft. x 15 ft. 2,660 Gallons 270 Gallons <br /> Storage Bay No. 9 (up to 36 55-gal drums) <br /> A. Condition of Containers <br /> If a container holding hazardous waste is not in good condition(e.g., severe rusting, apparent <br /> structural defects) or if it begins to leak, the Permittee shall transfer the hazardous waste from such <br /> container to a container that is in good condition or manage the waste in some other way that <br /> complies with the requirements of this permit. <br /> III-1 <br />