Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part V - Hazardous Wastes and Hazardous Materials › Subpart 1 - Department of Environmental Quality-Hazardous Waste › Chapter 38 - Universal Wastes › Subchapter B - Standards for Small Quantity Handlers of Universal Waste › Section V-3821 - Waste Management

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
					 Universal Waste Batteries. A small quantity handler of universal waste must
					 manage universal waste batteries in a way that prevents releases of any
					 universal waste or component of a universal waste to the environment, as
					 follows:
1. a small quantity handler of
					 universal waste must contain any universal waste battery that shows evidence of
					 leakage, spillage, or damage that could cause leakage under reasonably
					 foreseeable conditions in a container. The container must be closed,
					 structurally sound, compatible with the contents of the battery, and must lack
					 evidence of leakage, spillage, or damage that could cause leakage under
					 reasonably foreseeable conditions;
2. a small quantity handler of universal
					 waste may conduct the following activities as long as the casing of each
					 individual battery cell is not breached and remains intact and closed (except
					 that cells may be opened to remove electrolyte but must be immediately closed
					 after removal):
a. sorting batteries by
					 type;
b. mixing battery types in
					 one container;
c. discharging
					 batteries so as to remove the electric charge;
d. regenerating used batteries;
e. disassembling batteries or battery packs
					 into individual batteries or cells;
f. removing batteries from consumer products;
					 or
g. removing electrolyte from
					 batteries; and
3. a
					 small quantity handler of universal waste who removes electrolyte from
					 batteries, or who generates other solid waste (e.g., battery pack materials,
					 discarded consumer products) as a result of the activities listed above, must
					 determine whether the electrolyte and/or other solid waste exhibit a
					 characteristic of hazardous waste identified in LAC 33:V.4903:
a. if the electrolyte and/or other solid
					 waste exhibit a characteristic of hazardous waste, it is subject to all
					 applicable requirements of these regulations. The handler is considered the
					 generator of the hazardous electrolyte and/or other waste and is subject to LAC
					 33:V.Chapters 10 and 11; A.3.b. -C.2.b. ...
b. if the electrolyte or other solid waste
					 does not exhibit a characteristic of hazardous waste, the handler may manage
					 the waste in any way that is in compliance with applicable federal, state or
					 local Solid Waste Regulations.
c.
					 ensures that a mercury clean-up system is readily available to immediately
					 transfer any mercury resulting from spills or leaks from broken ampules, from
					 the containment device to a container that meets the requirements of LAC
					 33:V.1013.C.2.aor 1015.B.l.b;
d.
					 immediately transfers any mercury resulting from spills or leaks from broken
					 ampules from the containment device to a container that meets the requirements
					 of LAC 33:V.1013.C.2.aor 1015.B.l.b;