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Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generator
Only Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Universal Waste Generators (CESQGs) are eligible to utilize the recycling opportunities available to households.
A CESQG is a generator, usually a business concern, who meets the following criteria:
- Disposes of less than 1 kilogram of Resource Conservation Recovery Act (RCRA) acutely hazardous waste, or a combined total of 100 kilograms or less of universal and RCRA hazardous waste, in any calendar month
- Generates no more than 5 Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) Devices in a calendar year
- Maintains compliance with Section 261.5 of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations
The chief difference between a CESQG and other non-household generators of hazardous waste is that a CESQG is allowed, under certain conditions, to transport their hazardous waste to household hazardous waste collection opportunities. Hazardous waste is only accepted from CESQG at household hazardous waste collection facilities or events that have received authorization to receive hazardous waste from these generators.
Due to permit restrictions, Used Oil and Universal Waste are the only hazardous wastes accepted from non-household generators. See information listed under Used Oil on the right and for each type of Universal Waste to determine recycling opportunities offered to non-households.
Because universal waste-containing devices typically have a low unit weight and are not commonly generated in large quantities at a single facility, it is unlikely that a business would dispose of more than 100 kg at a time. For example, to qualify as a CESQG (if the only hazardous waste is mercury-containing lamps), a business can dispose of no more than 300-450 four-foot fluorescent lamps per month. A business is likely to qualify as a CESQG unless it generates more than the previously stated quantities of RCRA wastes or CRT Devices.
Businesses and Institutions that exceed the CESQG thresholds must send their universal wastes to other universal waste handlers or destination facilities in accordance with the following requirements (22 CCR 66273.18 or 66273.38, as appropriate) and comply with applicable Department Of Transportation requirements for labeling, marking, placarding, and shipping papers.
