Ohio Admin. Code 3745-51-10 - Criteria for identifying the characteristics of hazardous waste

The director shall identify and define a characteristic of hazardous waste in rules 3745-51-20 to 3745-51-24 of the Administrative Code only upon determining that:

(A) A waste that exhibits the characteristic may:

(1) Cause, or significantly contribute to, an increase in mortality or an increase in serious, irreversible, or incapacitating reversible illness; or

(2) Pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when it the waste is improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of or otherwise managed; and

(B) The characteristic can be:

(1) Measured by an available standardized test method which is reasonably within the capability of generators of waste or private sector laboratories that are available to serve generators of waste; or

(2) Reasonably detected by generators of waste through knowledge of the wastes.

Notes

Ohio Admin. Code 3745-51-10

Effective: 9/29/2021
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 6/7/2021 and Exempt
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3734.12
Rule Amplifies: 3734.12
Prior Effective Dates: 04/15/1981, 05/22/1981 (Emer.), 08/26/1981 (Emer.), 12/02/1981, 05/29/1985 (Emer.), 08/29/1985, 10/20/1998, 10/31/2015