May I accumulate 55 gallons of each different hazardous waste created by a particular process in one satellite accumulation area?
A “satellite accumulation area” is intended to be the location where wastes are initially generated and accumulated. The term “satellite accumulation area” was created when the EPA proposed this accumulation option in the January 3, 1983 Federal Register [48 FR 118]. The EPA referred to “the initial collection of hazardous waste at various points of generation” as “satellite accumulation.” Note that the term “satellite accumulation area” is not actually used in the hazardous waste management regulations. The Federal regulations for this accumulation option state that a generator may “accumulate as much as 55 gallons of hazardous waste or one quart of acutely hazardous waste listed in ยง261.33(e) in containers AT OR NEAR ANY point of generation where wastes initially accumulate” [40 CFR 262.34(c)(1)]. (Emphasis Lion) That being said, a “satellite accumulation area” could consist of one waste generated from one process being accumulated in one 55-gallon drum or three wastes generated by t
