Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 600-699 - Environmental Protection - Hazardous Waste Management › Chapter NR 673 - Universal Waste Management Standards › Subchapter A - General › Section NR 673.09 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In this chapter:
(1g) "Ampule" means an airtight vial made of
				  glass, plastic, metal, or any combination of these materials.
(1r) "Battery" means a device consisting of
				  one or more electrically connected electrochemical cells which is designed to
				  receive, store and deliver electric energy. An electrochemical cell is a system
				  consisting of an anode, cathode and an electrolyte, plus connections
				  (electrical and mechanical) as may be needed to allow the cell to deliver or
				  receive electrical energy. The term battery also includes an intact, unbroken
				  battery from which the electrolyte has been removed.
(2) "Destination facility" means a facility
				  that treats, disposes of or recycles a particular category of universal waste,
				  except those management activities described in ss.
				  NR 673.13(1) and
				  (3) and 673.33(1) and (3). A facility at
				  which a particular category of universal waste is only accumulated, is not a
				  destination facility for purposes of managing that category of universal
				  waste.
(3) "FIFRA" means the
				  federal insecticide, fungicide and rodenticide act (
				  7 USC
				  136 to
				  136y
				  ).
(4) "Generator" means any
				  person, by site, whose act or process produces hazardous waste identified or
				  listed in ch. NR 661 or whose act first causes a hazardous waste to become
				  subject to regulation.
(5) "Lamp",
				  also referred to as "universal waste lamp", means the bulb or tube portion of
				  an electric lighting device. A lamp is specifically designed to produce radiant
				  energy, most often in the ultraviolet, visible and infrared regions of the
				  electromagnetic spectrum. Examples of common universal waste electric lamps
				  include, but are not limited to, fluorescent, high intensity discharge, neon,
				  mercury vapor, high pressure sodium and metal halide lamps.
(6) "Large quantity handler of universal
				  waste" means a universal waste handler (as defined in this section) who
				  accumulates 5,000 kilograms (11,025 pounds) or more total of universal waste
				  (batteries, pesticides, mercury-containing equipment, or lamps, calculated
				  collectively) at any time. This designation as a large quantity handler of
				  universal waste is retained through the end of the calendar year in which 5,000
				  kilograms (11,025 pounds) or more total of universal waste is
				  accumulated.
(6m)
				  "Mercury-containing equipment" means a device or part of a device (including
				  thermostats, but excluding batteries and lamps) that contains elemental mercury
				  integral to its function.
(7)
				  "On-site" means the same or geographically contiguous property which may be
				  divided by public or private right-of-way, provided that the entrance and exit
				  between the properties is at a cross-roads intersection, and access is by
				  crossing as opposed to going along the right of way. Non-contiguous properties
				  owned by the same person but connected by a right-of-way which that person
				  controls and to which the public does not have access, are also considered
				  on-site property.
(8) "Pesticide"
				  means any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing,
				  destroying, repelling or mitigating any pest, or intended for use as a plant
				  regulator, defoliant or desiccant, other than any article that is one of the
				  following:
(a) A new animal drug under
				  21 USC
				  321(v).
(b) An animal drug that has been determined
				  by regulation of the secretary of the U.S. department of health and human
				  services not to be a new animal drug.
(c) An animal feed under
				  21 USC
				  321(w) that bears or
				  contains any substances described by par. (a) or (b).
Note:
Title
					 21
					 USC 301 to
					 397
					 is also known as the federal food, drug and cosmetic act
					 (FFDCA).