South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 61 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
Subchapter 61-79 - Hazardous Waste Management Regulations
Part 61-79.266 - STANDARDS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF SPECIFIC HAZARDOUS WASTES AND SPECIFIC TYPES OF HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITIES
Subpart P - HAZARDOUS WASTE PHARMACEUTICALS
Section 61-79.266.P.506 - Conditional exemptions for hazardous waste pharmaceuticals that are also controlled substances and household waste pharmaceuticals collected in a take-back event or program
Universal Citation: SC Code Regs 61-79.266.P.506
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 9, September 27, 2024
(a) Conditional exemptions. Provided the conditions of paragraph (b) of this section are met, the following are exempt from parts 262 through 273:
(1) Hazardous waste pharmaceuticals that are
also listed on a schedule of controlled substances by the Drug Enforcement
Administration in 21 CFR part 1308, and
(2) Household waste pharmaceuticals that are
collected in a take-back event or program, including those that are collected
by an authorized collector (as defined by the Drug Enforcement Administration)
registered with the Drug Enforcement Administration that commingles the
household waste pharmaceuticals with controlled substances from an ultimate
user (as defined by the Drug Enforcement Administration).
(b) Conditions for exemption. The hazardous waste pharmaceuticals must be:
(1) Managed in
compliance with the sewer prohibition of section 266.505;
(2) Collected, stored, transported, and
disposed of in compliance with all applicable Drug Enforcement Administration
regulations for controlled substances; and
(3) Destroyed by a method that the Drug
Enforcement Administration has publicly deemed in writing to meet their
non-retrievable standard of destruction or combusted at one of the following:
(i) A permitted large municipal waste
combustor, subject to 40 CFR part 62, subpart FFF or applicable state plan for
existing large municipal waste combustors, or 40 CFR part 60, subpart Eb for
new large municipal waste combustors; or
(ii) A permitted small municipal waste
combustor, subject to 40 CFR part 62, subpart JJJ or applicable state plan for
existing small municipal waste combustors, or 40 CFR part 60, subpart AAAA for
new small municipal waste combustors; or
(iii) A permitted hospital, medical and
infectious waste incinerator, subject to 40 CFR part 62, subpart HHH or
applicable state plan for existing hospital, medical and infectious waste
incinerators, or 40 CFR part 60, subpart Ec for new hospital, medical and
infectious waste incinerators.
(iv)
A permitted commercial and industrial solid waste incinerator, subject to 40
CFR part 62, subpart III or applicable state plan for existing commercial and
industrial solid waste incinerators, or 40 CFR part 60, subpart CCCC for new
commercial and industrial solid waste incinerators.
(v) A permitted hazardous waste combustor
subject to 40 CFR part 63, subpart EEE.
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