---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 273.52"
title: "40"
number: "273.52"
heading: "Waste management."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/273.52"
---

# §273.52. Waste management.

- (a) A universal waste transporter must comply with all applicable U.S. Department of Transportation regulations in 49 CFR part [171](/cfr/49/part171.md) through [180](/cfr/49/part180.md) for transport of any universal waste that meets the definition of hazardous material in [49 CFR 171.8](/cfr/49/171.8.md). For purposes of the Department of Transportation regulations, a material is considered a hazardous waste if it is subject to the Hazardous Waste Manifest Requirements of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency specified in [40 CFR part 262](/cfr/40/part262.md). Because universal waste does not require a hazardous waste manifest, it is not considered hazardous waste under the Department of Transportation regulations.
- (b) Some universal waste materials are regulated by the Department of Transportation as hazardous materials because they meet the criteria for one or more hazard classes specified in [49 CFR 173.2](/cfr/49/173.2.md). As universal waste shipments do not require a manifest under [40 CFR 262](/cfr/40/262.md), they may not be described by the DOT proper shipping name “hazardous waste, (l) or (s), n.o.s.”, nor may the hazardous material's proper shipping name be modified by adding the word “waste”.

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

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