Generators that accumulate more than 4,000 motor vehicle mercury switches or 200 other items of universal wastes at any one time or in any given month must notify the Maine Department of Environmental Protection of the handling of universal wastes and must receive an EPA Identification Number, unless the generator has previously notified and the site has been assigned an EPA Identification Number. Alternatively generators that handle less than 40 tons of cathode ray tubes or 5,000 kg of other universal wastes are required to notify but may notify the Department on a state waste notification form provided by the Department in lieu of notifying EPA using the EPA form. This notification shall include the specific type of universal wastes handled by the generator. The requirement of an EPA Identification Number for those that generate or accumulate only universal waste is intended as a registration provision and does not make other sections of the hazardous waste rules applicable unless other hazardous wastes are generated or accumulated. A generator may obtain an EPA identification number by applying to the NOTE: Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Remediation and Waste Management, State House Station #17, Augusta, Maine 04333-0017 using EPA form 8700-12. NOTE: A generator or central accumulation facility that meets the threshold in paragraph P but is not required to obtain an EPA identification number is required to notify the Department of its activities by submitting either a Notification of State Universal Waste Activities form or an EPA 8700-12 form to the Department of Environmental Protection at the above address. Reduced requirements for small universal waste generators A universal waste generator may log information at the Central Accumulation facility or instate Consolidation facility in accordance with Section 13(A) of Chapter 857; In lieu of 7(J) above, a small universal waste generator must keep track of the number of universal waste items onsite (i.e.: number of lamps, thermostats); NOTE: The Department recommends that the universal waste area is inspected when placing wastes in the area to ensure that the area is in compliance with the rules and to minimize exposures to toxic releases. A small universal waste generator is not required to notify the Department of this activity, as provided in 7(P);
Generators that accumulate more than 4,000 motor vehicle mercury switches or 200 other items of universal wastes at any one time or in any given month must notify the Maine Department of Environmental Protection of the handling of universal wastes and must receive an EPA Identification Number, unless the generator has previously notified and the site has been assigned an EPA Identification Number. Alternatively generators that handle less than 40 tons of cathode ray tubes or 5,000 kg of other universal wastes are required to notify but may notify the Department on a state waste notification form provided by the Department in lieu of notifying EPA using the EPA form. This notification shall include the specific type of universal wastes handled by the generator. The requirement of an EPA Identification Number for those that generate or accumulate only universal waste is intended as a registration provision and does not make other sections of the hazardous waste rules applicable unless other hazardous wastes are generated or accumulated. NOTE: A generator may obtain an EPA identification number by applying to the Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Remediation and Waste Management, State House Station #17, Augusta, Maine 04333-0017 using EPA form 8700-12. NOTE: A generator or central accumulation facility that meets the threshold in paragraph P but is not required to obtain an EPA identification number is required to notify the Department of its activities by submitting either a Notification of State Universal Waste Activities form or an EPA 8700-12 form to the Department of Environmental Protection at the above address. Reduced requirements for small universal waste generators A universal waste generator may log information at the Central Accumulation facility or instate Consolidation facility in accordance with Section 13(A) of Chapter 857; In lieu of 7(J) above, a small universal waste generator must keep track of the number of universal waste items onsite (i.e.: number of lamps, thermostats); NOTE: The Department recommends that the universal waste area is inspected when placing wastes in the area to ensure that the area is in compliance with the rules and to minimize exposures to toxic releases. A small universal waste generator is not required to notify the Department of this activity, as provided in 7(P);
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