[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 40, Volume 26]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

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 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]