(1)310 CMR 73.00 is applicable
to every Dental Facility, except any of the following:
(a) A Dental Facility that does not generate
or discharge wastewater from amalgam-related processes;
(b) A Dental Facility that does not place
amalgam and does not remove amalgam, except in limited emergency or unplanned,
unanticipated circumstances; and
(c) A Dental Facility that certifies to a
POTW on an annual or biennial basis pursuant to the receiving POTW's
regulations, and 40 CFR 441: Dental Office Point Source
Category.
(2)
Each Dental Facility that is subject to
310 CMR 73.00 must comply in
accordance with the following schedule:
(a) A
Dental Facility certified by an owner of a Facility under the Department's
voluntary Dental Amalgam/Mercury Recycling Certification program that it
installed an approved amalgam separator by February 28, 2005, and maintains
compliance with all other requirements of that program, is subject to
310 CMR 73.00 effective
February 1, 2010.
(b) A Dental
Facility certified by an owner of a Facility under the Department's voluntary
Dental Amalgam/Mercury Recycling Certification program that it installed an
approved amalgam separator between March 1, 2005 - January 31, 2006, and
maintains compliance with all other requirements of that program, is subject to
310 CMR 73.00 effective
February 1, 2007.
(c) A Dental
Facility in operation as of April 24, 2006 and that did not participate in the
Department's voluntary Dental Amalgam/Mercury Recycling Certification program
shall comply with all requirements of
310 CMR 73.00 no later than
June 23, 2006.
(d) A new or
expanded Dental Facility shall install an approved amalgam separator before
commencing operation and shall comply with all other requirements of
310 CMR 73.00 in accordance
with
310 CMR
70.03(4).
1. A new Dental Facility is one that
commences operations after April 24, 2006.
2. An expanded Dental Facility is one whose
maximum amalgam wastewater flow rate exceeds the capacity of the existing
certified amalgam separator due to facility expansion.
(3) Compliance with
310 CMR 73.00 does not
release the owner of a Dental Facility from the need to comply with other
applicable state, federal and local requirements.
(4)
Certification
Form. Each compliance certification required pursuant to
310 CMR
70.03 shall be on a form prescribed by the
Department and shall address compliance with the standards established by
310 CMR 70.00 and
73.00. The certification form
may also address compliance with other applicable standards promulgated by the
Department.
