CFR > Title 40 - Protection of Environment > CHAPTER I—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY > SUBCHAPTER I—SOLID WASTES (Parts 239–282) > PART 273—STANDARDS FOR UNIVERSAL WASTE MANAGEMENT > SUBPART A—General (§273.1 to §273.9) > 273.5—Applicability—lamps.

273.5—Applicability—lamps.

(a) Lamps covered under this The requirements of this part apply to persons managing lamps as described in § 273.9, except those listed in paragraph (b) of this section.
(b) Lamps not covered under this The requirements of this part do not apply to persons managing the following lamps:
(1) Lamps that are not yet wastes under part 261 of this chapter as provided in paragraph (c) of this section.
(2) Lamps that are not hazardous waste. A lamp is a hazardous waste if it exhibits one or more of the characteristics identified in part 261, subpart C of this chapter.
(c) Generation of waste lamps. (1) A used lamp becomes a waste on the date it is discarded.
(2) An unused lamp becomes a waste on the date the handler decides to discard it.

Code of Federal Regulations

[64 FR 36488, July 6, 1999]