Sources to Obtain Information for Wastestream Characteristics

• Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
  
• Product/Vendor Information
  
• Lab Analyses (private, regulators, your waste management firm)
  
• Regulated substances lists
  
• Monitoring/testing records (private, regulators, your waste management firm)
  
• Hazardous Materials Inventory (from your HazMat permit)
  
• Hazardous waste manifests
  
• Biennial Reports
  
• Environmental/regulatory permits
  
• SARA 313 release reports
  
• Transporter or waste management firm records and/or contracts
  
• Inventory & purchasing records
  
• Hazardous waste manifests, bills of lading, receipts
  
• Annual/quarterly hazardous waste disposal tax reports
  
• Process flow diagrams
  
• Piping/instrumentation diagrams
  
• Operating manuals, procedures, process descriptions
  
• Operator data logs
  
• Production schedules & records
  
• Equipment lists, specs, data sheets
  
• Previous regulatory inspection or violation reports
  
• Water/sewer rates & records
  
• Facility layouts or diagrams (may include location of equipment, sewers, piping, hazardous materials & waste collection, storage, & treatment areas, etc.)
  
• Accounting reports