Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024
Subpart 1.
Scope.
The requirements of this part apply to operators who collect,
store, transport, or reclaim spent or waste household batteries as a part of a
household battery management program.
A. "Household battery management program"
means:
(1) a program established to accept or
collect spent or waste household batteries;
(2) a program established by a resource
recovery facility to segregate spent or waste household batteries from
household waste; or
(3) a program
established by a solid waste disposal facility to segregate spent or waste
household batteries from household waste during processing
activities.
B. Operators
who collect, transport, or store spent or waste household batteries which are
sent for recycling but who do not reclaim them are subject to regulation under
subparts
2 and
3, but are not otherwise
subject to regulation under parts
7045.0205 to
7045.1390, and chapter 7001 for
such collection, transportation, and storage.
C. Operators who collect, transport, or store
spent or waste household batteries which are not recycled are subject to
regulation under subpart
3 and part
7045.0310.
D. Operators who collect, transport, store,
and also reclaim spent or waste household batteries are subject to regulation
under subparts
2 to
4.
Subp. 2.
Notification.
An operator who intends to establish or operate all or part
of a household battery management program shall ensure that the information
required in items A to K is submitted to the commissioner at least 30 days
before initiating the household battery management program. If household
batteries are speculatively accumulated as defined in part
7045.0020, a permit is required
under chapter 7001 instead of this notification.
The notification shall provide a complete description of the
program including, as applicable:
A.
the name, address, and telephone number of the operators establishing the
program;
B. the location of all
household battery collection sites;
C. the duration and operating hours of the
program;
D. the intended program
service area;
E. the manner in
which household batteries will be collected, stored, and disposed of or
recycled;
F. the amount of time the
operator intends to store household batteries at individual collection
sites;
G. a description of the
containers used to collect and store household batteries;
H. the name and address of all facilities
which will dispose of or recycle the household batteries;
I. a description of how the operator will
manage cracked or leaking household batteries;
J. a description of how the operator will
clean up spills resulting from leaking household batteries; and
K. any other information necessary to
describe all aspects of the program.
Operators who submit a notification and subsequently change
any aspect of the program as described in the notification must submit, within
30 days of making the change, an amended notification to the commissioner fully
describing the program changes.
Subp. 3.
Standards for storage.
Spent or waste household batteries must be stored according
to items A to C.
A. Storage of spent
or waste household batteries shall be in vented, corrosion resistant
containers.
B. Storage of
containers of spent or waste household batteries shall be subject to the
requirements of part
7045.0526, subparts
2 to 6 and 9.
C. If the storage of spent or waste batteries
meets the criteria of speculative accumulation as defined in part
7045.0020, the storage is also
subject to the following requirements: parts
7045.0452 to
7045.0456;
7045.0460 to
7045.0470;
7045.0478 to
7045.0534;
7045.0544;
7045.0552 to
7045.0562;
7045.0566 to
7045.0578;
7045.0584 to
7045.0632; and the permitting
requirements of chapter 7001 for hazardous waste storage facilities.
Subp. 4.
Standards for
operators of facilities that store spent or waste household batteries before
reclaiming.
The operators of facilities that store batteries before
reclaiming them are subject to regulation under parts
7045.0452 to
7045.0456;
7045.0460 to
7045.0470;
7045.0478 to
7045.0534;
7045.0544;
7045.0552 to
7045.0562;
7045.0566 to
7045.0578;
7045.0584 to
7045.0632; and the permitting
requirements of chapter 7001 for hazardous waste storage facilities.
Statutory Authority: MS s
14.07;
116.07
