S.C. Code Regs. § § 61-79.261.B.10

Current through Register Vol. 48, 12, December 27, 2024

Section 61-79.261.B.10 - Criteria for identifying the characteristics of hazardous waste

(a) The Department shall identify and define a characteristic of hazardous waste in subpart C only upon determination that:

(1) A solid waste that exhibits the characteristic may:

(i) Cause, or significantly contribute to, an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible, or incapacitating reversible, illness; or

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

(2) The characteristic can be:

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

(ii) Reasonably detected by generators of solid waste through their knowledge of their waste.

S.C. Code Regs. § 61-79.261.B.10

Amended by State Register Volume 14, Issue No. 11, eff November 23, 1990; State Register Volume 16, Issue No. 12, eff December 25, 1992; State Register Volume 44, Issue No. 06, eff. 6/26/2020.