§6992b Tracking of medical waste

Summary

The Administrator must write rules within 6 months after November 1, 1988 to set up a tracking program for the medical waste named in section 6992a that comes from states in the demonstration program. The rules must make sure the waste is tracked while it moves from the place it was made to the disposal site (except waste can stop being tracked after it is burned), provide a way for the generator to get confirmation the disposal facility received the waste, use the same tracking form in each demonstration State, and require, when practical, separating waste where it is made, putting it in containers that protect people, and labeling containers properly. The Administrator may exempt very small generators, but may not exempt anyone who makes 50 pounds or more of such waste in any calendar month. The Administrator must also require any generator in a demonstration State who burns listed medical waste on site and does not use the tracking rules to report to the Administrator the amounts and types of such waste burned during the 6 months after the rule takes effect. The rules can be different for different kinds of waste and different kinds of generators.