Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Part V - Hazardous Wastes and Hazardous Materials
Subpart 1 - Department of Environmental Quality-Hazardous Waste
Chapter 38 - Universal Wastes
Subchapter A - General
Section V-3803 - Applicability-Batteries
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code V-3803
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. Batteries Covered under This Chapter
1. The
requirements of this Chapter apply to persons managing batteries, as described
in LAC 33:V.3813, except those listed in Subsection B of this
Section.
2. Spent lead-acid
batteries which are not managed under LAC 33:V.Chapter 41 are subject to
management under this Chapter.
B. Batteries Not Covered under This Chapter. The requirements of this Chapter do not apply to persons managing the following batteries:
1. spent lead-acid batteries that
are managed under LAC 33:V.Chapter 41;
2. batteries, as described in LAC 33:V.3813,
that are not yet wastes under LAC 33:V.4901, including those that do not meet
the criteria for waste generation in Subsection C of this Section;
and
3. batteries, as described in
this Chapter, that are not hazardous waste. A battery is a hazardous waste if
it exhibits one or more of the characteristics identified in LAC
33:V.4903.
C. Generation of Waste Batteries
1. A used battery becomes
a waste on the date it is discarded (e.g., when sent for
reclamation).
2. An unused battery
becomes a waste on the date the handler decides to discard it.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:2180 et seq.
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