Code of Maine Rules
06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL
Chapter 900 - BIOMEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT RULES
Section 096-900-10 - Treatment Methods for Biomedical Waste
Current through 2024-38, September 18, 2024
Biomedical waste must be treated as follows:
A. Pathological waste must be incinerated, interred or treated by a treatment technology approved by the Department pursuant to Section 19.
B. Discarded blood, blood products and body fluids must be (1) incinerated, (2) discharged through a sewer to a publicly owned treatment works (POTW), provided that it is discharged in accordance with the state's water quality laws and local ordinances, (3) discharged to a septic system, provided that the septic system is in compliance with state rules and standards and provided that it is discharged in compliance with local ordinances, or (4) treated in a licensed biomedical waste treatment facility using non-incineration technology approved by the Department pursuant to Section 19.
C. All other biomedical waste must be incinerated or treated by a non-incineration treatment technology approved by the Department pursuant to Section 19.
NOTE: The Department recommends that discarded cultures and stocks of infectious agents, (see Section 7(A)(5) of these rules) to be transported off-site for treatment be pre-treated by steam sterilization to reduce the concentration of pathogens prior to packaging in accordance with Section 12(A) of this rule.
D. All incineration of biomedical waste must be in a licensed biomedical waste incinerator.
