Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart D - Environmental Health and Safety › Article VIII - Municipal Waste › Chapter 284 - REGULATED MEDICAL AND CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC WASTE › Subchapter H - TRACKING OF REGULATED MEDICAL AND CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC WASTE › GENERAL › Section 284.701 - Scope

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) Except as
						  provided in subsection (b), this subchapter applies to a person or municipality
						  that generates, transports, disposes or processes regulated medical or
						  chemotherapeutic waste or processed regulated medical or chemotherapeutic waste
						  that is recognizable.
(b) This
						  subchapter does not apply to a person or municipality for the following
						  activities:
(1) Onsite movement of regulated
						  medical or chemotherapeutic waste by generators.
(2) Onsite movement of regulated medical or
						  chemotherapeutic waste by operators of permitted regulated medical or
						  chemotherapeutic waste management facilities.
(3) Transportation by a generator who
						  generates less than 220 pounds per month of regulated medical and
						  chemotherapeutic waste if the following are met:
(i) The generator only transports his own
						  waste.
(ii) The generator records
						  on a log or shipping paper the following information for each shipment:
(A) The name, address and telephone number of
						  the generator of the waste.
(B) The
						  quantity of the waste transported and accepted by the processing or disposal
						  facility.
(C) The date the waste is
						  transported and accepted by the processing or disposal facility.
(iii) The generator carries and
						  delivers a copy of this log or shipping paper with the waste shipment to the
						  offsite processing or disposal facility.
(4) The transportation of regulated medical
						  waste if the following are met:
(i) The
						  package is sent to a permitted processing or disposal facility in this
						  Commonwealth or to an out-of-State facility by certified mail, return receipt
						  requested, indicating the name and address of the sender, the name of the
						  addressee, the signature of the addressee, the date of delivery and the address
						  where delivered or by utilizing an alternate tracking system approved in
						  writing by the Department if applicable.
(ii) The mailing standards of the United
						  States Postal Service in 39
						  CFR 211.2 (relating to regulations of the
						  Postal Service) and incorporated by reference into this chapter authorize the
						  package to be mailed.
(iii) The
						  package is mailed in compliance with United States Postal Service
						  regulations.
(iv) The generator
						  maintains a log or shipping paper containing the following information:
(A) The weight of the waste
						  transported.
(B) The date of
						  shipment.
(C) The name and address
						  of each processing or disposal facility to which the generator is shipping the
						  waste by the United States Postal Service or other mail carrier.
(5) The transportation
						  by a generator who generates and processes onsite less than 220 pounds per
						  month of regulated medical or chemotherapeutic waste, which is recognizable
						  waste, if the following are met:
(i) The
						  generator only transports its own waste.
(ii) The generator records on a log or
						  shipping paper the following information for each shipment:
(A) The name, address and telephone number of
						  the generator of the waste.
(B) The
						  quantity of the waste transported and accepted by the disposal
						  facility.
(C) The name, address and
						  telephone number of the transporter for each shipment of waste. If applicable,
						  the log or shipping paper shall include the identification number of a licensed
						  transporter.
(D) The date the waste
						  is transported and accepted by the processing or disposal facility.
(iii) A copy of the log or
						  shipping paper shall be provided to the disposal facility by the transporter
						  for each shipment of waste.
(6) The transportation through this
						  Commonwealth of regulated medical or chemotherapeutic waste generated outside
						  this Commonwealth that is destined for processing or disposal outside this
						  Commonwealth.
(7) The
						  transportation of processed regulated medical or chemotherapeutic waste to a
						  disposal facility if the waste has been rendered unrecognizable.