[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 26]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR273.4]

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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. 273.4  Applicability--Mercury-containing equipment.

    (a) Mercury-containing equipment covered under this part 273. The 
requirements of this part apply to persons managing mercury-containing 
equipment, as described in Sec. 273.9, except those listed in paragraph 
(b) of this section.
    (b) Mercury-containing equipment not covered under this part 273. 
The requirements of this part do not apply to persons managing the 
following mercury-containing equipment:
    (1) Mercury-containing equipment that is not yet a waste under part 
261 of this chapter. Paragraph (c) of this section describes when 
mercury-containing equipment becomes a waste;
    (2) Mercury-containing equipment that is not a hazardous waste. 
Mercury-containing equipment is a hazardous waste if it exhibits one or 
more of the characteristics identified in part 261, subpart C of this 
chapter or is listed in part 261, subpart D of this chapter; and
    (3) Equipment and devices from which the mercury-containing 
components have been removed.
    (c) Generation of waste mercury-containing equipment. (1) Used 
mercury-containing equipment becomes a waste on the date it is 
discarded.
    (2) Unused mercury-containing equipment becomes a waste on the date 
the handler decides to discard it.

[70 FR 45520, Aug. 5, 2005]