Section 30.1043 - Notification(1)EPA Identification Number.(a) Except as provided in 310 CMR 30.1043(1)(b), a large quantity handler of universal waste shall have sent written notification of universal waste management to the Department, and received an EPA Identification Number, before meeting or exceeding the 5,000-kilogram accumulation limit.(b) A large quantity handler of any universal waste, except batteries, that has already notified the Department of its hazardous waste management activities and has received an EPA Identification Number is not required to obtain another EPA Identification Number, but shall notify the Department of its universal waste activity, excluding batteries. A large quantity handler of universal waste batteries that has already received an EPA Identification Number is not required to notify the Department of its universal waste battery activity.(2) This notification shall include:(a) The universal waste handler's name and mailing address;(b) The name and business telephone number of the person at the universal waste handler's site who should be contacted regarding universal waste management activities;(c) The address or physical location of the universal waste management activities;(d) A list of all of the types of universal waste managed by the handler; and(e) A statement indicating that the handler is accumulating 5,000 kilograms or more of universal waste at one time.(3) A large quantity handler of any universal waste, except batteries, who ceases to be a large quantity handler and seeks to become a small quantity handler of any universal waste, except batteries, may submit to the Department, in writing, a change of status request. If the Department prescribes a form for such a notification, the handler submitting the notification shall use such form when making the notification. Such a notification shall, at a minimum, specify that the handler has become a small quantity handler and shall also specify that the handler is in compliance with 310 CMR 30.1030. Each change of status notification shall be signed, certified and submitted in compliance with 310 CMR 30.006 and 30.009. No change of status shall take effect, unless and until a change of status request is submitted to the Department in compliance with this paragraph and the time limit imposed by 310 CMR 30.1043(4) has passed. A large quantity handler of universal waste batteries, who ceases to be a large quantity handler and seeks to become a small quantity handler of batteries, is not required to submit a change of status request.(4) Where a notification has been received by the Department in compliance with 310 CMR 30.1033(1) and (2) or a change of status request has been received by the Department in compliance with 310 CMR 30.1033(3), the designation of large quantity handler of universal waste shall be retained through the end of the calendar year in which the change of status request was received.(5) A large quantity handler of universal waste who ceases operations shall comply with 310 CMR 30.689. If such a handler wishes to cease having the status of a handler at that site, the handler may submit to the Department, in writing, a change of status request on a form prescribed by the Department, signed, certified and submitted in compliance with 310 CMR 30.006 and 30.009.Amended by Mass Register Issue 1404, eff. 11/15/2019.Amended by Mass Register Issue 1522, eff. 5/24/2024.