Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Environmental Quality
Title R315 - Waste Management and Radiation Control, Waste Management
Rule R315-273 - Standards for Universal Waste Management
Section R315-273-2 - Standards for Universal Waste Management - Applicability-Batteries
Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 315-273-2
Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(a) Batteries covered under Section R315-273.
(1) The requirements of Rule R315-273 apply
to persons managing batteries, as described in Section
R315-273-9,
except those listed in Section R315-273-2(b).
(2) Spent lead-acid batteries which are not
managed under Section
R315-266-80
are subject to management under Rule R315-273.
(b) Batteries not covered under Rule R315-273. The requirements of Rule R315-273 do not apply to persons managing the following batteries:
(1) Spent lead-acid
batteries that are managed under Section
R315-266-80.
(2) Batteries, as described in Section
R315-273-9,
that are not yet wastes under Rule R315-261, including those that do not meet
the criteria for waste generation in Subsection R315-273-2(c).
(3) Batteries, as described in Section
R315-273-9
that are not hazardous waste. A battery is a hazardous waste if it exhibits one
or more of the characteristics identified in Sections
R315-261-20
through 24.
(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.
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