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04/04/2023 |
Site Inspection |
Routine; Hazardous Waste Transporter - Routine; Non-Handler Universal Waste Management, Llc (Uwm) Was Inspected On April 4, 2023, And A Records Review Was Conducted On April 13, 2023. The Facility Was Previously Inspected By The Department’S Hazardous Waste Program On April 10, 2019. Uwm Renewed Its Annual Registration As A Hazardous Waste Transporter And Non-Handler Of Hazardous Waste (Nhr) In October 2022. Mr. Jason Kenny (President) Was Present During The Inspection On April 4, And Ms. Tina Kenny (General Manager) Was Present During The Records Review On April 13.
Uwm Provides Collection And Transportation Services For Medical Offices For Biomedical Waste, Non-Hazardous Trace Chemotherapy Waste, And Expired/Excess Non-Hazardous Pharmaceutical Waste. Uwm Also Provides Thermal Treatment Services For Biomedical Waste And Recently Added Mobile Document Shredding Services For Its Customers. Uwm Has Operated At This Location For Approximately Five Years. The Facility Is Connected To City Water And Sewer. Uwm Has Five Employees And Operates Monday Through Friday From 9:00 Am To 5:00 Pm. The Facility Consists Of A Warehouse And Waste Staging Area.
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Uwm Previously Operated As A Universal Pharmaceutical Waste (Upw) Transporter. Because The Upw Regulations Were Repealed By The Department In August 2019, And The New Federal Regulations For Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals (Hwp) Were Adopted, Uwm Made Changes To The Container Labels And Inventory Logs It Provides Its Customers To Remove References To Upw And Add Non-Hazardous Pharmaceutical Waste To The Label (Photo 1). Ms. Kenny Stated That Uwm Only Transports Non-Hazardous Pharmaceutical Waste. Uwm Notified As A Hazardous Waste Transporter In May 2017 To Be Able To Provide This Service To Its Customers In The Future, If Its Operations Changed. Uwm Is Reminded That Because It Is Not A Registered Hazardous Waste Transfer Facility, Any Hazardous Waste Transported Back To The Facility Cannot Be Stored At The Facility For More Than 24-Hours.
Uwm Has Two Lift Gate Box Trucks And Leases One Box Trailer For Transportation Services. The Facility'S Vehicles Are Maintained Off-Site By A Third-Party Vendor.
Uwm Provides Its Customers With 8-Gallon, Rigid White Plastic ‘Glue-Top’ Containers For The Non-Hazardous Pharmaceutical Waste (See Photo 1). Customers Maintain An Inventory Log Of All Waste Pharmaceuticals Placed Into The Container That Includes The Customer Name, Address, Quantity And Type Of Pharmaceutical, Date The Waste Was Placed In The Container, And Signature And Title Of The Person Responsible For Logging The Entry. Prior To Pick-Up, The Customer Seals The Container, Attaches A Copy Of The Inventory Log To The Outside Of The Container, And Provides A Copy To The Driver. Uwm Does Not Open Or Inspect The Contents Of The Container Prior To Transportation.
Warehouse
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The Warehouse Includes Administrative Offices And A Single Large Bay With Three Roll-Up Doors. This Building Is Used To Store Equipment, Empty Waste Collection Containers And Supplies. The Box Trucks Return To The Facility Where The Containers Of Biomedical Waste Are Transferred Inside The Warehouse To Be Thermally Treated. This Process Is Performed Under A Florida Department Of Health Permit. The Bins Of Non-Hazardous Trace Chemotherapy Waste Are Transferred Into Bulk 1 Cubic-Yard (Cy) Triwall Containers, And The Bins Of Non-Hazardous Pharmaceutical Waste Are Stacked On A Pallet And Shrink-Wrapped For Shipping. At The Time Of The Inspection There Were Approximately 15 Bins Stacked On One Pallet (Photo 2). Once Full, The Triwalls And The Pallets Are Then Transferred Into The Box Trailer Located In The Waste Staging Area Described Below.
Waste Staging Area
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This Area Is Located To The South Of The Warehouse. At The |
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