Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Environmental Quality
Title R315 - Waste Management and Radiation Control, Waste Management
Rule R315-273 - Standards for Universal Waste Management
Section R315-273-4 - Standards for Universal Waste Management - Applicability - Mercury-Containing Equipment
Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 315-273-4
Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(a) Mercury-containing equipment covered under Rule R315-273. The requirements of Rule R315-273 apply to persons managing mercury-containing equipment, as described in Section R315-273-9, except those listed in Subsection R315-273-4(b).
(b) Mercury-containing equipment not covered under Rule R315-273. The requirements of Rule R315-273 do not apply to persons managing the following mercury-containing equipment:
(1) Mercury-containing equipment that is not
yet a waste under Rule R315-261. Subsection R315-273-4(c) describes when
mercury-containing equipment becomes a waste;
(2) Mercury-containing equipment that is not
a hazardous waste. Mercury-containing equipment is a hazardous waste if it
exhibits one or more of the characteristics identified in Sections
R315-261-20
through 24 or is listed in Sections
R315-261-30
through 35; and
(3) Equipment and
devices from which the mercury-containing components have been
removed.
(c) Generation of waste mercury-containing equipment.
(1)
Used mercury-containing equipment becomes a waste on the date it is discarded.
(2) Unused mercury-containing
equipment becomes a waste on the date the handler decides to discard it.
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