Administrative Rules for
PART 111 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT
of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act 1994 PA 451, as amended

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R 299.9208 Criteria for identifying characteristics of hazardous waste.

Rule 208.

(1) The director shall identify and define a characteristic of hazardous waste in this part upon finding that the administrator has identified the characteristic based on the criteria contained in the provisions of 40 C.F.R. §261.10.

(2)  The director shall identify and define a characteristic of hazardous waste in this part in addition to those identified by the administrator in the provisions of 40 C.F.R. part 261, subpart C, upon determining that the waste that exhibits the characteristic does either of the following:

            (a)  Exhibits extreme toxicity to aquatic life.

            (b)  Contains a substance which can statistically be shown to cause acutely toxic; carcinogenic; teratogenic; hereditary mutagenic; or severe, debilitating, irreversible, adverse effects to mammals when exposed, by oral, dermal, or inhalation route, once or repeatedly to levels of 100 parts per billion or less.

(3)  The provisions of 40 C.F.R. §261.10 are adopted by reference in R 299.11003.

 

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