While there are many categories of wastes, small businesses should be most concerned with hazardous wastes that may pose a threat to human health and the environment. This fact sheet has been designed to help you determine if your wastes are considered hazardous and determine your generator status for compliance purposes. This can be done by either applying knowledge of what is in the waste or analyzing the waste by an approved test method. If a waste is determined to be hazardous, specific state rules apply to its management and disposal. Program's MSDS Fact Sheet .
Specific wastes are exempt from state and federal hazardous waste regulations.
However, be aware that even though the following wastes are not subject to hazardous waste regulations, they are managed under other state or federal regulations. Asbestos that is to be disposed of - Regulated as a hazardous air pollutant by DEQ under the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants. Battery acids, alkaline cleaning solvents. Reactivity - Unstable or undergoes violent chemical reactions with water or other materials. Hydrogen sulfide, bleaches.