# Ohio Admin. Code 3745-51-10: Rule 3745-51-10. Criteria for identifying the characteristics of hazardous waste

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## Section

- **Citation:** Ohio Admin. Code 3745-51-10
- **Heading:** Rule 3745-51-10. Criteria for identifying the characteristics of hazardous waste
- **Jurisdiction:** Ohio
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Ohio Administrative Code / Agency 3745 / Chapter 3745-51 / Rule 3745-51-10

## Text

119.03 The director shall identify and define a characteristic of hazardous waste in rules 3745-51-20 to 3745-51-24 of the Administrative Code only upon determining that: (A) A waste that exhibits the characteristic may: (1) Cause, or significantly contribute to, an increase in mortality or an increase in serious, irreversible, or incapacitating reversible illness; or (2) Pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when the waste is improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed or otherwise managed; and (B) The characteristic can be: (1) Measured by an available standardized test method which is reasonably within the capability of generators of waste or private sector laboratories that are available to serve generators of waste; or (2) Reasonably detected by generators of waste through knowledge of the wastes. Last updated June 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM Supplemental Information Authorized By: 3734.12 Amplifies: 3734.12 6/26/2021 5/22/1981 (Emer.), 12/2/1981

## Nearby sections

- [Ohio Admin. Code 3745-51-01 Rule 3745-51-01. Purpose and scope of Chapter 3745-51 of the Administrative Code](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OH_ADC_3745_51_01.md)
- [Ohio Admin. Code 3745-51-02 Rule 3745-51-02. Definition of waste](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OH_ADC_3745_51_02.md)
- [Ohio Admin. Code 3745-51-03 Rule 3745-51-03. Definition of hazardous waste](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OH_ADC_3745_51_03.md)
- [Ohio Admin. Code 3745-51-04 Rule 3745-51-04. Exclusions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OH_ADC_3745_51_04.md)
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