R315-273-2. Standards for Universal Waste Management -- Applicability-Batteries

  (a) Batteries covered under Section R315-273.

  (1) The requirements of Rule R315-273 apply to persons managing batteries, as described in Section R315-273-9, except those listed in Section R315-273-2(b).

  (2) Spent lead-acid batteries which are not managed under Section R315-266-80 are subject to management under Rule R315-273.

  (b) Batteries not covered under Rule R315-273. The requirements of Rule R315-273 do not apply to persons managing the following batteries:

  (1) Spent lead-acid batteries that are managed under Section R315-266-80.

  (2) Batteries, as described in Section R315-273-9, that are not yet wastes under Rule R315-261, including those that do not meet the criteria for waste generation in Subsection R315-273-2(c).

  (3) Batteries, as described in Section R315-273-9 that are not hazardous waste. A battery is a hazardous waste if it exhibits one or more of the characteristics identified in Sections R315-261-20 through 24.

  (c) Generation of waste batteries.

  (1) A used battery becomes a waste on the date it is discarded, e.g., when sent for reclamation.

  (2) An unused battery becomes a waste on the date the handler decides to discard it.