# COMAR Title 26 — Department of the Environment

## Subtitle 13 — Disposal of Controlled Hazardous Substances

### Chapter 10 — Standards for the Management of Specific Hazardous Wastes and Specific Types of Hazardous Waste Management Facilities

#### Regulation .24 Universal Waste — Import Requirements.

*COMAR 26.13.10.24*

A. Applicability.

  (1) This regulation establishes requirements for persons managing universal waste that is imported from a country outside the United States into the United States.

  (2) The requirements of this regulation apply immediately after the universal waste enters the United States.

  (3) A person subject to this regulation is subject to the requirements of 40 CFR Part 262, Subpart H, and the applicable requirements of §B of this regulation.

B. For the management of universal waste that is imported into the United States:

  (1) A universal waste transporter is subject to the universal waste transporter requirements of Regulation .22 of this chapter;

  (2) A universal waste handler is subject to the following requirements, depending upon whether the handler is classified as a small quantity handler of universal waste or a large quantity handler of universal waste:

    (a) Small quantity handlers of universal waste are subject to the requirements of Regulations .11—.18 of this chapter; and

    (b) Large quantity handlers of universal waste are subject to the requirements of Regulations .19—.21 of this chapter; and

  (3) An owner or operator of a destination facility is subject to the requirements of Regulation .23 of this chapter.