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Regulatory Update: Aerosol Cans As Universal Waste

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The EPA has added aerosol cans that contain hazardous waste to the Universal Waste listing as indicated in their federal register posting on Monday, 12/9/2019. This will become effective February 7, 2020. What this means: Adding aerosol cans to the Universal Waste program offers potential cost savings to generators or a change in generator status (to a less regulated status).   This also means that generators may simplify disposal processes around aerosols from the stringent and sometimes burdensome RCRA requirements. However as is with all new Federal regulations, authorized states may choose to adopt the new rules into their state programs or not. Since Maryland and DC state regulations don’t specifically address aerosol cans, this rule will go into effect in both jurisdictions until such time they would explicitly write rules otherwise. See the Final Rule here or read on for more details.