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

  (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.