N.H. Code Admin. R. Env-Hw 405.03

Current through Register No. 25, June 20, 2024

Section Env-Hw 405.03 - Criteria for Identifying Characteristic Wastes

The department shall identify and define a characteristic of hazardous waste only upon determining that:

(a) A waste that exhibits the characteristic may:

(1) Cause or contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in irreversible or incapacitating reversible illness; or

(2) Pose a present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when it is improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of or otherwise managed; and

(b) The characteristic can be:

(1) Measured by an available standardized test method that is within the capability of generators of waste or private sector laboratories that are available to serve generators of waste; or

(2) Detected by generators of waste through their knowledge of their waste.

N.H. Code Admin. R. Env-Hw 405.03

#5886, eff 8-26-95; ss by #7333, eff 8-1-00; ss by #9215, INTERIM, eff 8-1-08; (See Revision Note at chapter heading for Env-Hw 400) ss by #9367, eff 1-28-09

Amended by Volume XXXVII Number 32, Filed August 10, 2017, Proposed by #12346, Effective 8/14/2017, Expires 8/14/2027.