[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 23]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR273.5]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
                   CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
                           AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 273--STANDARDS FOR UNIVERSAL WASTE MANAGEMENT--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec. 273.5  Applicability--lamps.

    (a) Lamps covered under this part 273. The requirements of this part 
apply to persons managing lamps as described in Sec. 273.9, except those 
listed in paragraph (b) of this section.
    (b) Lamps not covered under this part 273. The requirements of this 
part do not apply to persons managing the following lamps:
    (1) Lamps that are not yet wastes under part 261 of this chapter as 
provided in paragraph (c) of this section.
    (2) Lamps that are not hazardous waste. A lamp is a hazardous waste 
if it

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exhibits one or more of the characteristics identified in part 261, 
subpart C of this chapter.
    (c) Generation of waste lamps. (1) A used lamp becomes a waste on 
the date it is discarded.
    (2) An unused lamp becomes a waste on the date the handler decides 
to discard it.

[64 FR 36488, July 6, 1999]