Generators of hazardous waste are categorized based on the amount of hazardous waste generated each month. Those generator categories are as follows:

Large Quantity Generators (LQG)

• A generator who generates the following amounts in a calendar month:
  • Greater than or equal to 1,000 kilograms (2200 pounds) of non-acute hazardous waste
  • Greater than 1 kilogram (2.2 pounds) of acute hazardous waste
  • Greater than 100 kilograms (220 pounds) of any residue or contaminated soil, waste, or debris resulting from the cleanup of a spill into or on any land or water of any acute hazardous waste
• Required to notify the department of hazardous waste activities 
• Required to submit quarterly reports within 30 days of the end of the quarter
  • https://scdhec.gov/sites/default/files/Library/D-1962.pdf 
  • https://scdhec.gov/sites/default/files/Library/d-1963.pdf 
  • https://scdhec.gov/sites/default/files/Library/D-1964.pdf 
  • https://scdhec.gov/sites/default/files/Library/D-1965.pdf 
• Required to pay an annual fee.

Small Quantity Generators (SQG)

• A generator who generates the following amounts in a calendar month:
  • Greater than 100 kilograms (220 pounds) but less than 1,000 kilograms (2,2000 pounds of non-acute hazardous waste
  • Less than or equal to 1 kilogram (2.2 pounds) of acute hazardous waste
  • Less than or equal to 100 kilograms (220 pounds) of any residue or contaminated soil, water, or other debris resulting from the cleanup of a spill into or on any land or water of any acute hazardous waste
• Required to notify the department of hazardous waste activities 
• Required to submit annual notification every year by January 30
• Required to pay an annual fee

Very Small Quantity Generators (VSQG)

• A generator who generates the following amounts in a calendar month:
  • Less than or equal to 100 kilograms (220 pounds) of hazardous waste
  • Less than or equal to 1 kilogram (2.2 pounds) of acute hazardous waste
  • Less than or equal to 100 kilograms (220 pounds) of any residue or contaminated soil, water, or other debris resulting from the cleanup of a spill into or on any land or water of any acute hazardous waste
• Required to notify the department of hazardous waste activities
• No reporting requirements
• No fee requirements

Episodic Generation

• SQC and VSQG are allowed to have one planned and one unplanned episodic generation of hazardous waste that results in an increase in the generation of hazardous wastes that exceeds the calendar monthly quantity limits for the generator’s usual category.
• Notification (by submitting an 8700-12 form) must be made to the department no later than 30 calendar days prior to initiating a planned episodic event or within 72 hours of the unplanned event. 
• Waste generated from an episodic event must be shipped off site to a designated facility within 60 calendar days from the start of the episodic event. 

Compliance Contacts

Elizabeth DeLanghe – Columbia, Greenville, Myrtle Beach (803) 898-0482
Tom Richmond – Anderson, Florence, Greenwood, Spartanburg, Sumter (803) 898-0464
Gerald Shealy – Aiken, Beaufort, Charleston, Lancaster, Orangeburg (803) 898-1316
Shamille Rice – Reporting Requirements and Fees (803) 898-0495

Other Helpful Links

Hazardous Waste Regulation
EPA Hazardous Waste