Applicability — mercury-containing equipment

Applicability — mercury-containing equipment. (1) Mercury-containing equipment covered under this chapter. The requirements of this chapter apply to persons managing mercury-containing equipment, as described in s. NR 673.09 , except those listed in sub. (2) . (2) Mercury-containing equipment not covered under this chapter. The requirements of this chapter do not apply to persons managing any of the following mercury-containing equipment: (a) Mercury-containing equipment that is not yet a waste under ch. NR 661 . Subsection (3) describes when mercury-containing equipment become a waste. (b) Mercury-containing equipment that is not hazardous waste. Mercury-containing equipment is a hazardous waste if it exhibits one or more of the characteristics identified in subch. C of ch. NR 661 or is listed in subch. D of ch. NR 661 . (c) Equipment and devices from which the mercury-containing components have been removed. (3) Generation of waste mercury-containing equipment. (a) Used mercury-containing equipment becomes a waste on the date it is discarded (for example, sent for reclamation). (b) Unused mercury-containing equipment becomes a waste on the date the handler decides to discard it.