UCD Directives

UC DAVIS: OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH & SAFETY 

August 5, 1997 

DEANS, DIRECTORS, DEPARTMENT CHAIRS, AND CAMPUS ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS 

RE:  New Chemical Waste Disposal Fee 

After extensive campus consultation on alternatives for assessment 
of chemical waste disposal fees, the University will be implementing a 
new fee structure.   We appreciate the input we received from many groups, 
including the Chemical Safety Advisory Committee, Council of Deans and 
Vice Chancellors, Assistant Deans, Research Advisory Council, Council of 
PIs, Administrative Coordinating Councils for Biological Sciences and 
Mathematical & Physical Sciences, and individual departments.  Their 
assistance in developing a new funding method was invaluable.

The transition to a new funding method is timely because last year we 
successfully removed a large volume of unwanted chemicals from the campus 
and implemented a program to test drains for evidence of improper disposal 
as part of a state environmental requirement.  Our efforts to date in 
removing chemical waste have been impressive and earned us the respect 
of regulators who have inspected our laboratories and research facilities. 
To continue to strengthen our credibility with the regulatory community 
and to promote safe laboratory practices, we must now establish a financing 
strategy for future chemical waste disposal.

In response to campus suggestions to allow maximum flexibility, a two-part 
plan is being implemented.  The two-part fee structure consists of a fee 
for teaching and service wastes, to be paid as directed by each Dean and 
Vice Chancellor and a direct recharge to grants and contracts.  These rates 
are based on actual costs for waste disposal.  Grants will be recharged 
directly by the Office of Environmental Health & Safety to maintain 
consistency as dictated by federal regulatory requirements.  Each Dean 
or Vice Chancellor will select the best method for allocating their share 
of teaching and service fees.  This may be done by paying the fee centrally 
from sources available to the Dean or Vice Chancellor or by reallocating 
the costs to the units.  An accounting of activity in each college divided 
by teaching, research and service will be provided to the Deans and Vice 
Chancellors quarterly.

The rate schedule, effective August 1, 1997 is as follows: 

Category    Type of Waste                 Rate 
1           Bulk Liquids                  $29.75 per gallon 
2           Lab Pack Wastes               $117.38 per gallon or $14.55 per pound 
3           Reactives, Mercury Compounds  $324.98 per gallon or $33.89 per pound 
4           Photo Wastes                  $20.07 per gallon 
5           Oils                          $13.89 per gallon 
6           Miscellaneous Wastes          actual 
M           Medical Waste-Sharps          $1.99 per pound 

Please note that the new rates will replace the 20% surcharge on the 
purchase of hazardous chemicals.  When purchasing chemicals in the future, 
purchasers no longer need to assign an object code that identifies chemicals 
as hazardous or non-hazardous.  Instead, chemical purchases will be treated 
as any other purchase made through DaFIS and should be assigned the 
appropriate commodity code.

We thank the staff and faculty who have participated in the process to 
develop a new rate structure.  Please provide a copy of this memo to 
Principal Investigators, Safety Coordinators, MSOs and Accounting 
Assistants in your department.

Julie McNeal 
Director, EH&S 

97-100 

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