Subject to Env-Sw 508.02, no permit shall be required to treat infectious waste provided that:

1. (a) The subject treatment facility shall be located at, and owned and operated by, a health care facility licensed pursuant to RSA 151, or a facility under the direct control and supervision of a veterinarian licensed pursuant to RSA 332-B;

2. (b) The subject treatment facility shall be a limited service area facility permitted to receive waste from the following sources only:

   1. (1) The health care or veterinary facility itself;
   2. (2) Affiliated health care or veterinary facilities; and
   3. (3) Households within the community served by the health care or veterinary facility;
3. (c) The waste treatment equipment shall be limited to a bench-top unit with a through-put rate of less than 30 pounds per hour or, if the unit is an autoclave, the chamber capacity shall be less than one cubic yard;
4. (d) The subject treatment facility shall be located inside a building;
5. (e) All infectious waste shall be managed by the subject treatment facility in accordance with Env-Sw 904;
6. (f) The subject treatment facility shall have assured access to a permitted waste management facility for the transfer of all treated waste and residual waste to be generated by the facility;
7. (g) The subject treatment facility shall have assured access to an authorized facility to which it will divert bypass wastes; and
8. (h) If the subject treatment facility is an incinerator, the resultant ash residue shall be managed in accordance with Env-Sw 902.

Source. #6619-B, eff 10-29-97; (See Revision Note at chapter heading for Env-Sw 500); ss by #8459, eff 10-28-05 (formerly Env-Wm 2208.04); ss by #10596, eff 7-1-14; ss by #14025, eff 8-1-24