# Universal Waste Rule (Hazardous Waste Management System; Modification of the Hazardous Waste Recycling Regulatory Program)
> **Rule** · Final rule. · Published 1995-05-11 · Effective 1995-05-11 · 60 FR 25492
## Document
- **Document number:** 95-11143
- **Category:** pesticide
- **Federal Register citation:** 60 FR 25492
- **Publication date:** 1995-05-11
- **Effective date:** 1995-05-11
- **EPA docket:** FRL-5201-3
## Abstract

On February 11, 1993, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed new streamlined hazardous waste management regulations governing the collection and management of certain widely generated wastes (batteries, pesticides and thermostats) known as universal wastes (58 FR 9346). Additional information was noticed for comment on June 20, 1994 (59 FR 31568). Today's final rule promulgates streamlined universal waste management regulations which are very similar to the February 11, 1993 proposal. The new streamlined hazardous waste management regulations promulgated today govern the collection and management of certain widely generated wastes identified as universal wastes. This final rule will greatly facilitate the environmentally-sound collection and increase the proper recycling or treatment of hazardous waste nickel cadmium and other batteries, certain hazardous waste pesticides, and mercury-containing thermostats. The current RCRA regulations have been a major impediment to national collection and recycling campaigns for these wastes. This rule will greatly ease the regulatory burden on retail stores and others that wish to collect or generate these wastes. It should greatly facilitate programs developed to reduce the quantity of these wastes going to municipal solid waste landfills or combustors. It will, also, assure that the wastes subject to this system will go to appropriate treatment or recycling facilities pursuant to the full hazardous waste regulatory controls. It also will serve as a prototype system to which EPA may add other similar wastes in the future. A petition process is also included through which additional wastes could be added to the universal waste regulations in the future. These regulations are set forth in 40 CFR part 273.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1995/05/11/95-11143/universal-waste-rule-hazardous-waste-management-system-modification-of-the-hazardous-waste-recycling)
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