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(A) Are spent lead-acid batteries exempt from hazardous waste management requirements? If you generate, collect, transport, store, or regenerate lead-acid batteries for reclamation purposes, you maybe exempt from certain hazardous waste management requirements. Use the following table to determine which requirements apply to you. Alternatively, you may choose to manage your spent lead-acid batteries under Chapter 3745-273 of the Administrative Code.
(B) If I store spent lead-acid batteries before I reclaim them but not through regeneration, which requirements apply? The requirements of paragraph (B) of this rule apply to you if you store spent lead-acid batteries before you reclaim them, but you don’t reclaim them through regeneration. The requirements are slightly different depending on your hazardous waste management permit status:
(1) For facilities with a permit by rule, you must comply with:
(a) The requirement to notify Ohio EPA or U. S. EPA of regulated waste activity.
(b) All applicable provisions in rule 3745-65-01 of the Administrative Code.
(c) All applicable provisions in rules 3745-65-10 to 3745-65-19 of the Administrative Code[but not rule 3745-65-13 of the Administrative Code(waste analysis)].
(d) All applicable provisions in rules 3745-65-30 to 3745-65-37 and 3745-65-50 to 3745-65-56 of the Administrative Code.
(e) All applicable provisions in rules 3745-65-70 to 3745-65-77 of the Administrative Code[but not rule 3745-65-71 or 3745-65-72 of the Administrative Code(dealing with the use of the manifest and manifest discrepancies)].
(f) All applicable provisions in rules 3745-65-90 to 3745-65-94, 3745-67-20 to 3745-67-30, and 3745-67-50 to 3745-67-60, and Chapter 3745-66 of the Administrative Code.
(g) All applicable provisions in rules 3745-50-40 to 3745-50-235 of the Administrative Code.
(2) For permitted facilities, you must comply with:
(a) The requirement to notify Ohio EPA or U.S. EPA of regulated waste activity.
(b) All applicable provisions in rules 3745-54-01 to 3745-54-03 of the Administrative Code.
(c) All applicable provisions in rules 3745-54-10 to 3745-54-19 of the Administrative Code[but not rule 3745-54-13 of the Administrative Code(waste analysis)].
(d) All applicable provisions in rules 3745-54-30 to 3745-54-37 and 3745-54-50 to 3745-54-56 of the Administrative Code.
(C) If I store spent lead-acid batteries received from off-site for less than seventy-two hours prior to entering them into the reclaiming process, but reclamation is not through regeneration, which requirements apply? You must store spent lead-acid batteries received from off-site in tanks, containers, or containment buildings. You must comply with the applicable requirements of paragraphs (C)(3) to (C)(3)(b) of rule 3745-51-06 of the Administrative Code.
Effective: 09/05/2010
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 04/14/2010 and 08/25/2014
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3734.12
Rule Amplifies: 3734.12
Prior Effective Dates: 01/30/1986, 11/13/1987, 09/02/1997, 12/07/2000, 12/07/2004, 02/16/2009
