NR 662.081(17) (17) “OECD member country” means the countries that are members of the OECD and participate in the Amended 2001 OECD Decision.

NR 662.081 Note Note: EPA provides a list of OECD member countries at https://www.epa.gov/hwgenerators/international-agreements-transboundary-shipments-waste.

NR 662.081(18) (18) “Receiving facility” means a U.S. facility which, under RCRA and other applicable domestic laws, is operating or is authorized to operate to receive hazardous wastes and to perform recovery or disposal operations on them.

NR 662.081(19) (19) “Recovery operations” means activities leading to resource recovery, recycling, reclamation, direct re-use or alternative uses, which includes all of the following:

NR 662.081(19)(a) (a) R1 Use as a fuel, other than in direct incineration, or other means to generate energy.

NR 662.081(19)(b) (b) R2 Solvent reclamation/regeneration.

NR 662.081(19)(c) (c) R3 Recycling/reclamation of organic substances that are not used as solvents.

NR 662.081(19)(d) (d) R4 Recycling/reclamation of metals and metal compounds.

NR 662.081(19)(e) (e) R5 Recycling/reclamation of other inorganic materials.

NR 662.081(19)(f) (f) R6 Regeneration of acids or bases.

NR 662.081(19)(g) (g) R7 Recovery of components used for pollution abatement.

NR 662.081(19)(h) (h) R8 Recovery of components used from catalysts.

NR 662.081(19)(i) (i) R9 Used oil re-refining or other reuses of previously used oil.

NR 662.081(19)(j) (j) R10 Land treatment resulting in benefit to agriculture or ecological improvement.

NR 662.081(19)(k) (k) R11 Uses of residual materials obtained from any of the operations numbered R1 through R10 or RC14, for transboundary shipments with Canada only.

NR 662.081(19)(L) (L) R12 Exchange of wastes for submission to any of the operations numbered R1 through R11 or RC14, for transboundary shipments with Canada only.

NR 662.081(19)(m) (m) R13 Accumulation of material intended for any operation numbered R1 through R12 or RC14, for transboundary shipments with Canada only.

NR 662.081(19)(n) (n) RC14 Recovery or regeneration of a substance or use or re-use of a recyclable material, other than by any of operations R1 to R10, for transboundary shipments with Canada only.

NR 662.081(19)(o) (o) RC15 Testing of a new technology to recycle a hazardous recyclable material, for transboundary shipments with Canada only.

NR 662.081(19)(p) (p) RC16 Interim storage prior to any of operations R1 to R11 or RC14, for transboundary shipments with Canada only.

NR 662.081(20) (20) “Transboundary movement” means any movement of hazardous wastes from an area under the national jurisdiction of one country to an area under the national jurisdiction of another country.

NR 662.081 History History: CR 19-082: cr. Register August 2020 No. 776, eff. 9-1-20.

NR 662.082 NR 662.082 General conditions.

NR 662.082(1) (1) Scope. The level of control for exports and imports of waste is indicated by assignment of the waste to either a list of wastes subject to the Green control procedures or a list of wastes subject to the Amber control procedures and whether the waste is or is not hazardous waste. The OECD Green and Amber lists are incorporated by reference in 40 CFR 260.11.

NR 662.082(1)(a) (a) Green list wastes.

NR 662.082(1)(a)1. 1. Green wastes that are not hazardous wastes are subject to existing controls normally applied to commercial transactions, and are not subject to the requirements of this subchapter.

NR 662.082(1)(a)2. 2. Green wastes that are hazardous wastes are subject to the requirements of this subchapter.

NR 662.082(1)(b) (b) Amber list wastes.

NR 662.082(1)(b)1. 1. Amber wastes that are hazardous wastes are subject to the requirements of this subchapter. When Amber wastes are imported to or exported from a country that does not consider the waste to be hazardous or control the transboundary shipment as a hazardous waste import or export, the following regulations apply: