---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 273.5"
title: "40"
number: "273.5"
heading: "Applicability—lamps."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/273.5"
---

# §273.5. Applicability—lamps.

- (a) **Lamps covered under this part 273.** The requirements of this part apply to persons managing lamps as described in [§ 273.9](/cfr/40/273.9.md), except those listed in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section.
- (b) **Lamps not covered under this part 273.** The requirements of this part do not apply to persons managing the following lamps:
  - (1) Lamps that are not yet wastes under [part 261](/cfr/40/part261.md) of this chapter as provided in [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section.
  - (2) **Lamps that are not hazardous waste.** A lamp is a hazardous waste if it exhibits one or more of the characteristics identified in [part 261](/cfr/40/part261.md), [subpart C](/cfr/40/subpartC.md) of this chapter.
- (c) **Generation of waste lamps.**
  - (1) **A used lamp becomes a waste on the date it is discarded.**
  - (2) **An unused lamp becomes a waste on the date the handler decides to discard it.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[64 FR 36488, July 6, 1999]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6922, 6923, 6924, 6925, 6930, and 6937.

### Source

Source: 60 FR 25542, May 11, 1995, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[64 FR 36488, July 6, 1999]