Requirements for Recycling Class B(5) Regulated Recyclable Materials

(1) Persons who own or operate facilities which receive Class B(5) regulated recyclable materials from offsite for the storage of spent lead-acid batteries and subsequently recycles them onsite for lead value shall maintain such facilities in compliance with all applicable provisions of 310 CMR 30.500, 30.600, 30.700, 30.800 and 30.900, and all other applicable provisions of 310 CMR 30.000. (2) Except as otherwise provided in 30.280, the provisions of 310 CMR 30.000 shall not apply to the generation, accumulation, storage, collection, and transport of spent lead-acid batteries if: (a) said batteries are not, and are not intended to be, reclaimed for their lead content onsite, and (b) the electrolyte is safely contained within said batteries. (3) Open or leaking lead-acid batteries, and electrolyte removed from lead-acid batteries, shall not be handled as regulated recyclable material and shall be handled as hazardous waste in compliance with all applicable provisions of 310 CMR 30.000. (4) Any person who intends to or does recycle Class B(5) regulated recyclable material, and who does not intend to and does not store such material before recycling it, shall at all times manage Class B(5) regulated recyclable material in full compliance with a Class C recycling permit issued by the Department pursuant to 310 CMR 30.296.