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New Hampshire Medical Waste: What you need to know

Governing Law and Regulations

Medical waste: New Hampshire Regulations Environmental-Solid Waste (NH Regs. Env-Sw) 904.01 to 904.08

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Definition: NH Regs. Env-Sw 904.01

Pretransportation requirements: NH Regs. Env-Sw 904.02

Transporter requirements: NH Regs. Env-Sw 904.06

Treatment and disposal requirements: NH Regs. Env-Sw 904.03, NH Regs. Env-Sw 904.04, and NH Regs. Env-Sw 904.08

Reuse: NH Regs. Env-Sw 904.05

Hospital/medical/infectious waste incinerators (HMIWIs):

Existing sources: 40 CFR 60.30e to 60.39e, 40 CFR 62.7325, 40 CFR 62.7450, and NH Regs. Environmental-Air (Env-A) 3501 to 3514

New sources: 40 CFR 60.50c to 60.58c

Regulatory Agency

New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (DES) Waste Management Division

DES Air Resources Division

See ADDRESSES & CONTACTS for addresses and telephone numbers.

See national section for basic information and federal regulations.

Comparison: State vs. Federal

• Rules. New Hampshire has its own requirements for the management of regulated medical waste. Generators are required to have a medical waste management plan in which procedures are outlined for storage, containment, treatment, and disposal of infectious and noninfectious medical waste.

In addition, HMIWIs are regulated under the state's air quality program. EPA has established new source performance standards (NSPS) and emissions guidelines that New Hampshire has adopted by reference. See the national section MEDICAL WASTE for more information.

HMIWIs are regulated by new source performance standards (NSPS) and emissions guidelines that have been adopted by reference by the state. See the national section MEDICAL WASTE for more information.

DES's training rules for medical/infectious waste incinerator operators are ...


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