A biomedical waste generator is exempt from permit fee requirements if the facility produces less than how many pounds of biomedical waste in a 30-day period?

• A. 15 pounds
• B. 25 pounds
• C. 50 pounds
• D. 100 pounds

Answer: (B)

The question is about which small-volume generators can skip paying permit fees. The idea is that facilities that produce only a tiny amount of biomedical waste aren’t burdened with the same permitting costs as larger generators, so there’s a threshold to determine eligibility.

In this rule, if a facility generates less than 25 pounds of biomedical waste in any 30-day period, it is exempt from permit fee requirements. That means you must track the total waste produced over a rolling 30-day window, and as long as that total stays under 25 pounds, no permit fees are required for biomedical waste handling. If you reach 25 pounds or more in that window, the exemption no longer applies and fees would be due.

So, 25 pounds is the threshold, with the important nuance that the exemption is for amounts strictly less than 25 pounds in a 30-day period.