[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 24]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR273.52]

[Page 422]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
                           AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 273--STANDARDS FOR UNIVERSAL WASTE MANAGEMENT--Table of Contents
 
          Subpart D--Standards for Universal Waste Transporters
 
Sec. 273.52  Waste management.

    (a) A universal waste transporter must comply with all applicable 
U.S. Department of Transportation regulations in 49 CFR part 171 through 
180 for transport of any universal waste that meets the definition of 
hazardous material in 49 CFR 171.8. For purposes of the Department of 
Transportation regulations, a material is considered a hazardous waste 
if it is subject to the Hazardous Waste Manifest Requirements of the 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency specified in 40 CFR part 262. 
Because universal waste does not require a hazardous waste manifest, it 
is not considered hazardous waste under the Department of Transportation 
regulations.
    (b) Some universal waste materials are regulated by the Department 
of Transportation as hazardous materials because they meet the criteria 
for one or more hazard classes specified in 49 CFR 173.2. As universal 
waste shipments do not require a manifest under 40 CFR 262, they may not 
be described by the DOT proper shipping name ``hazardous waste, (l) or 
(s), n.o.s.'', nor may the hazardous material's proper shipping name be 
modified by adding the word ``waste''.