R315-273-4. Standards for Universal Waste Management -- Applicability -- Mercury-Containing Equipment

  (a) Mercury-containing equipment covered under Rule R315-273. The requirements of Rule R315-273 apply to persons managing mercury-containing equipment, as described in Section R315-273-9, except those listed in Subsection R315-273-4(b).

  (b) Mercury-containing equipment not covered under Rule R315-273. The requirements of Rule R315-273 do not apply to persons managing the following mercury-containing equipment:

  (1) Mercury-containing equipment that is not yet a waste under Rule R315-261. Subsection R315-273-4(c) 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 Sections R315-261-20 through 24 or is listed in Sections R315-261-30 through 35; 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.