[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 26]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR273.4]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
                           AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 273_STANDARDS FOR UNIVERSAL WASTE MANAGEMENT--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec. 273.4  Applicability--mercury thermostats.

    (a) Thermostats covered under this part 273. The requirements of 
this part apply to persons managing thermostats, as described in Sec. 
273.9, except those listed in paragraph (b) of this section.
    (b) Thermostats not covered under 40 CFR part 273. The requirements 
of this part do not apply to persons managing the following thermostats:
    (1) Thermostats that are not yet wastes under part 261 of this 
chapter.

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Paragraph (c) of this section describes when thermostats become wastes.
    (2) Thermostats that are not hazardous waste. A thermostat is a 
hazardous waste if it exhibits one or more of the characteristics 
identified in 40 CFR part 261, subpart C.
    (c) Generation of waste thermostats. (1) A used thermostat becomes a 
waste on the date it is discarded (e.g., sent for reclamation).
    (2) An unused thermostat becomes a waste on the date the handler 
decides to discard it.

[60 FR 25542, May 11, 1995, as amended at 64 FR 36488, July 6, 1999]