Exemptions

Conditionally exempt small businesses are exempt from all of the regulatory standards for waste mercury lamps except the requirement that waste lamps be recycled.

Conditionally exempt small quantity universal waste generators (CESQUWG): Small commercial hazardous waste generators also only have to follow the recycling and hazardous waste disposal parts of the universal waste rule. However, they are not subject to rules for training, accumulation time, recordkeeping, or labeling.

For a business to qualify as a CESQUWG, it must

• Generate less than 100 kilograms (220 pounds) of total federally regulated hazardous waste, including all universal wastes (except CRTs) in any calendar month; and
• Generate less than 1 kilogram (2.2 pounds) of any waste identified as an acutely hazardous waste in chapter 11.
•  remain in compliance with 40 CFR section 261.5.  

Note: US EPA has repealed 40 CFR 265.1 and replaced it with 40 CFR 265.14.  The term “conditionally exempt small quantity generator” has been replaced with the term “very small quantity generator”. 

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