La. Admin. Code tit. 33 § V-3807

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section V-3807 - Applicability-Mercury Containing Equipment

A. Mercury-Containing Equipment Covered under This Chapter. The requirements of this Chapter apply to persons managing mercury-containing equipment, as described in LAC 33:V.3813, except those listed in Subsection B of this Section.

B. Mercury-Containing Equipment Not Covered under This Chapter. The requirements of this Chapter do not apply to persons managing the following mercury-containing equipment:

1. mercury-containing equipment that is not yet waste under LAC 33:V.Chapter 49 (Subsection C of this Section describes when mercury-containing equipment becomes waste.);

2. mercury-containing equipment that is not hazardous waste. Mercury-containing equipment is a hazardous waste if it exhibits one or more of the characteristics identified in LAC 33:V.4903; 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 waste on the date it is discarded (i.e., sent for reclamation).

2. Unused mercury-containing equipment becomes waste on the date the handler decides to discard it.

La. Admin. Code tit. 33, § V-3807

Promulgated by the Department of Environmental Quality, Office of Solid and Hazardous Waste, Hazardous Waste Division, LR 23:569 (May 1997), amended by the Office of the Secretary, Legal Affairs Division, LR 31:3117 (December 2005), LR 34:1017 (June 2008).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:2180 et seq.