R315-273-5. Standards for Universal Waste Management -- Applicability-Lamps  


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  •   (a) Lamps covered under Rule R315-273. The requirements of Rule R315-273 apply to persons managing lamps as described in Section R315-273-9, except those listed in Subsection R315-273-5(b).

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

      (1) Lamps that are not yet wastes under Rule R315-261 as provided in Subsection R315-273-5(c).

      (2) Lamps that are not hazardous waste. A lamp 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 lamps.

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

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