A Text Version of the Flow Chart "Interrelatedness of Pre-incident Waste Management Activities"

This flow chart lists several waste management activities and their relationships to each other.  

The flow chart begins with a box on the need to “Identify Possible Wastes and Forecast Their Quantities.” Listed under this heading, are the activities:   

• Scale plan to incident (small to large). 

• Establish waste minimization strategies. 

• Consider potential reuse/recycling opportunities. 

• Apply available technical information, regulations, and guidance to the decision-making process. 

This box of activities flows to and from 3 other boxes on the needs to : 1) "Determine the Decontamination Strategy," 2) Develop a Waste Collection Strategy," and 3) "Select Appropriate Treatment, Storage, or Disposal Facility." 

In the box on “Determine the Decontamination Strategy,” the following activities are listed: 

• Analyze the tradeoffs between decontamination and sampling versus treatment and disposal. 

• Prepare a sampling and analysis plan for generated wastes. 

• Test effectiveness of decontamination technologies in meeting the established clearance level. 

• Consider waste generated from the decontamination process. 

This box flows to and from "Identify Possible Wastes and Forecast Their Quantities" and flows to "Develop a Waste Collection Strategy." 

In the box on “Develop a Waste Collection Strategy,” the following activities are listed: 

• Include process to segregate wastes into separate waste streams as soon as possible. 

• Consider separating wastes by type, contaminant, treatment technology, receiving facility, etc. 

This box flows to and from "Identify Possible Wastes and Forecast Their Quantities," flows from "Determine the Decontamination Strategy," and flows to "Select Appropriate Treatment, Storage, or Disposal Facility." 

In the box on “Select Appropriate Treatment, Storage, or Disposal Facility,” the following activities are listed: 

• Identify more than one facility due to limited capacity, possible lack of acceptance by facilities, etc. 

• Plan for temporary, secure storage sites. 

• Initiate discussions with facilities to facilitate their acceptance of incident waste. 

• Determine facilities' waste acceptance criteria. 

• Check facilities' permit status/compliance. 

• Consider community concerns. 

This box flows to and from "Identify Possible Wastes and Forecast Their Quantities," flows from "Develop a Waste Collection Strategy," and flows to "Review Transportation Guidelines and Requirements." 

In the box on “Review Transportation Guidelines and Requirements,” the following activities are listed: 

• Determine how wastes should be handled, packaged, labeled, and transported. 

• Incorporate strategies to limit the spread of contamination. 

This box flows from "Select Appropriate Treatment, Storage, or Disposal Facility" and flows to "Establish Staging/Storage Areas for Managing Waste." 

In the box on “Establish Staging/Storage Areas for Managing Waste,” the following activities are listed: 

• Determine selecting criteria or suitable, secure locations for sites. 

• Plan for environmental monitoring. 

• Consider on-site and off-site possibilities. 

This box flows from "Review Transportation Guidelines and Requirements" and flows to "Document Waste Management Strategies and Activities in a Pre-incident Waste Management Plan." 

In the box on “Document Waste Management Strategies and Activities in a Pre-incident Waste Management Plan,” the following activities are listed: 

• Record discussions with transporters and facilities. 

• Include research and tentative decisions. 

• Update plan regularly. 

• Develop waste-related community outreach and health and safety plans. 

• Tailor plan to an incident, if necessary. 

This box ends the flow chart.