What is the definition of laboratory for Subpart K?
This rule defines laboratory as: An area owned by an eligible academic entity where relatively small quantities of chemicals and other substances are used on a non-production basis for teaching or research (or diagnostic purposes at a teaching hospital) and are stored and used in containers that are easily manipulated by one person. Photo laboratories, art studios, and field laboratories are considered laboratories. Areas such as chemical stockrooms and preparatory laboratories that provide a support function to teaching or research laboratories (or diagnostic laboratories at teaching hospitals) are also considered laboratories. EPA borrowed terminology from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s laboratory standard (see 29 CFR 191.1450) in order to be consistent with the practices and terminology used in laboratories today.
