R 299.9301 Applicability.

Rule 301. (1) This part of these rules establishes requirements for generators of hazardous waste. A person that generates hazardous waste shall comply with all the following independent requirements: (a) For a very small quantity generator, the requirements of R 299.9302(1) and R 299.9303. (b) For a small quantity generator, the requirements of R 299.9302, R 299.9303, R 299.9308 to R 299.9310, R 299.9311(1), and R 299.9314. (c) For a large quantity generator, the requirements of R 299.9302, R 299.9303, R 299.9308 to R 299.9312, and R 299.9314. (2) A generator shall use the provisions of R 299.9303 to determine the applicability of the requirements of this part that are dependent on calculations of the quantity of hazardous waste generated each calendar month. (3) A generator that treats, stores, or disposes of hazardous waste on-site shall comply with the R 299.9302, R 299.9305 to R 299.9308, R 299.9311, and R 299.9312 and the applicable requirements of parts 5, 6, 7, and 8 of these rules. (4) Any person that imports hazardous waste into the United States shall comply with the standards in this part that are applicable to generators. (5) An owner or operator that initiates a shipment of hazardous waste from a treatment, storage, or disposal facility shall comply with the generator standards established in this part. (6) In addition to complying with this part, a generator that uses their own vehicle to transport hazardous waste shall comply with the applicable requirements of part 4 of these rules. (7) Any person that exports or imports hazardous wastes shall comply with R 299.9308 and R 299.9314. (8) Persons responding to an explosives or munitions emergency in accordance with R 299.9503(2) are not required to comply with the standards in this part. (9) Laboratories owned by an eligible academic entity that chose to be subject to R 299.9313 are not subject to the following requirements: (a) The independent requirements of R 299.9302, R 299.9305, and R 299.9311(1), except as provided in R 299.9315. (b) R 299.9304, except as provided in R 299.9315. (10) All reverse distributors are subject to R 299.9824 to R 299.9833 for the management of hazardous waste pharmaceuticals instead of part 3 of these rules. (11) Each healthcare facility must determine if it is subject to R 299.99824 to R 299.9833 for the management of hazardous waste pharmaceuticals, based on the total amount of hazardous waste it generates per calendar month, including both hazardous waste pharmaceuticals and non-pharmaceutical hazardous waste. A healthcare facility that generates more than 100 kilograms of hazardous waste per calendar month, or more than 1 kilogram of acute or severely toxic hazardous waste per calendar month, or more than 100 kilograms per calendar month of any residue or contaminated soil, water, or other debris, resulting from the clean-up of a spill, into or on any land or water, of any acute or severely toxic hazardous wastes listed in these rules is subject to R 299.9824 to R 299.9833 instead of part 3 of these rules. A healthcare facility that is a very small quantity generator when counting all its hazardous waste, including both its hazardous waste pharmaceuticals and its non-pharmaceutical hazardous waste, is subject to R 299.9304, the optional provisions of R 299.9827, R 299.9828, and R 299.9830.