Ill. Admin. Code tit. 35, § 726.604 - Very Small Quantity Generators
a)
Potentially Creditable Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals. A healthcare facility
that is a VSQG for both hazardous waste pharmaceuticals and non-pharmaceutical
hazardous waste may send its potentially creditable hazardous waste
pharmaceuticals to a reverse distributor.
b) Off-Site Collection of Hazardous Waste
Pharmaceuticals Generated by a Healthcare Facility That Is a VSQG. A healthcare
facility that is a VSQG for both hazardous waste pharmaceuticals and
non-pharmaceutical hazardous waste may send its hazardous waste pharmaceuticals
off-site to another healthcare facility, provided either of the following is
true:
1) The receiving healthcare facility
meets the conditions in Sections 726.602(l) and 726.603(b), as applicable;
or
2) The VSQG healthcare facility
meets the conditions in 35 Ill. Adm. Code
722.114(a)(5)(H)
and the receiving LQG meets the conditions
in 35 Ill. Adm. Code
722.117(f).
c) Long-Term Care Facilities That
Are VSQGs. A long-term care facility that is a VSQG for both hazardous waste
pharmaceuticals and non-pharmaceutical hazardous waste may dispose of its
hazardous waste pharmaceuticals (excluding contaminated personal protective
equipment or clean-up materials) in an on-site collection receptacle of a
"collector", as defined in
21 CFR
1300.01, incorporated by reference in 35 Ill.
Adm. Code
720.111, that is
registered with the federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) provided the
contents are collected, stored, transported, destroyed, and disposed of in
compliance with all applicable DEA regulations for controlled substances in 21
CFR 1300 through 1317, incorporated by reference in 35 Ill. Adm. Code 720.111.
BOARD NOTE: Corresponding 40 CFR 266.504(c) allows on-site disposal into a collection receptacle of "an authorized collector (as defined by the Drug Enforcement Administration) that is registered with the Drug Enforcement Administration". The DEA rules for management of controlled substances are in 21 CFR 1300 through 1317. The DEA registration rules are in 21 CFR 1301.
d) Long-Term
Care Facilities with 20 Beds or Fewer. A long-term care facility with 20 beds
or fewer is presumed to be a VSQG subject to 35 Ill. Adm. Code
722.114
for both hazardous waste pharmaceuticals and non-pharmaceutical hazardous waste
and not subject to this Subpart P, except for Sections 726.605 and 726.607 and
the other optional provisions of this Section. The Agency has the
responsibility to demonstrate that a long-term care facility with 20 beds or
fewer generates quantities of hazardous waste that are in excess of those
applicable to a VSQG, as defined in 35 Ill. Adm. Code
720.110. A
long-term care facility with more than 20 beds that operates as a VSQG under 35
Ill. Adm. Code
722.114
must demonstrate that it generates quantities of hazardous waste that are
within those applicable to a VSQG, as defined by 35 Ill. Adm. Code
720.110.
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