R315-273-6. Standards for Universal Waste Management -- Applicability-Aerosol Cans

(a) Aerosol cans covered under Rule R315-273. The requirements of Rule R315-273 apply to persons managing aerosol cans, as described in Section R315-273-9, except those listed in Subsection R315-273-6(b). (b) Aerosol cans not covered under Rule R315-273. The requirements of Rule R315-273 do not apply to persons managing the following types of aerosol cans: (1) Aerosol cans that are not yet waste under Rule R315-261. Subsection R315-273-6(c) describes when an aerosol can becomes a waste. (2) Aerosol cans that are not hazardous waste. An aerosol can is a hazardous waste if the aerosol can exhibits one or more of the characteristics identified in Sections R315-261-20 through R315-261-24 or the aerosol can contains a substance that is listed in Sections R315-261-30 through R315-261-35. (3) Aerosol cans that meet the standard for empty containers under Section R315-261-7. (c) Generation of waste aerosol cans. (1) A used aerosol can becomes a waste on the date it is discarded. (2) An unused aerosol can becomes a waste on the date the handler decides to discard it.