[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: 40CFR273.52]



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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 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''.