Where is the Safe Management of Recalled Airbags Rule in Effect?

On November 30, 2018, EPA issued an interim final rule intended to protect human health by expediting the recall of defective Takata airbag inflators. To do so, the rule exempts airbag waste from hazardous waste regulations when certain conditions are met. However, state-level adoption of this exemption is optional. The states and territories where the new rule has been adopted and/or authorized are mapped and listed below to help the regulated community comply with the appropriate hazardous waste regulations.

On this page:

• Map of Where the Safe Management of Recalled Airbags Rule is in Effect
• Links to Safe Management of Recalled Airbags Regulations

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Map of Where the Final Rule for the Safe Management of Recalled Airbags is in Effect

The map shows which states:

• have become authorized for the Safe Management of Recalled Airbags Rule,
• have adopted the rule,
• have not been authorized or adopted the rule, and
• in which states the EPA administers the rule.

Last updated on May 7, 2025

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Links to Safe Management of Recalled Airbags Regulations

The chart below the map lists the state or U.S. territory, a link to the state's regulations if applicable, and whether the state has adopted or been authorized for the rule.

State or Territory	Link to State Regulations	Adopted the Rule	Authorized for the Rule
Federal Tribes (uses Federal Regulations)		Administered by appropriate EPA Region
Alabama	Regulations (pdf) (2 MB)	Yes	No
Alaska (uses Federal Regulations)		Administered by EPA Region 10
American Samoa (uses Federal Regulations)		Administered by EPA Region 9
Arizona	Regulations (pdf) (1.45 MB)	Yes	Yes
Arkansas		No	No
California		No	No
Colorado		Yes	No
Connecticut		No	No
Delaware	Regulations: Title 7 : 1000 : 1300 : 1302	Yes	Yes
District of Columbia	Regulations: Chapter 20-42	Yes	No
Florida	Regulations: 62-730.030	Yes	Yes
Georgia	Regulations: 391-3-11-.19	Yes	Yes
Guam		No	No
Hawaii	Regulations: 11-260 - 11-279	Yes	Yes
Idaho	Regulations: 58.01.05.005 (pdf) (418 KB)	Yes	No
Illinois	Regulations: 721.104(j)	Yes	No
Indiana	Regulations	Yes	No
Iowa (uses Federal Regulations)		Administered by EPA Region 7
Kansas		Yes	No
Kentucky	Regulations: 401 KAR 39:060	Yes	No
Louisiana		No	No
Maine		No	No
Maryland		No	No
Massachusetts		No	No
Michigan	Regulations (pdf)(2.1 MB)	Yes	No
Minnesota		No	No
Mississippi	Regulations: Rules 1.1 and 1.2 (pdf) (120 KB)	Yes	No
Missouri		No	No
Montana	Regulations: Subchapter 5	Yes	Yes
Nebraska		No	No
Nevada		No	No
New Hampshire	Regulations: Env-Hw 401.03(k)	Yes	Yes
New Jersey	Regulations	Yes	No
New Mexico		No	No
New York		No	No
North Carolina	Regulations (pdf) (9 KB)	Yes	No
North Dakota	Regulations (pdf) (1.3 MB)	Yes	Yes
Northern Mariana Islands (uses Federal Regulations)		Administered by EPA Region 9
Ohio	Regulations	Yes	No
Oklahoma		Yes	No
Oregon	Regulations	Yes	No
Pennsylvania	Regulations	Yes	No
Puerto Rico (uses Federal Regulations and Puerto Rico Regulations)		Administered by EPA Region 2
Rhode Island		No	No
South Carolina	Regulations	Yes	Yes
South Dakota	Regulations	Yes	Yes
Tennessee	Regulations	Yes	Yes
Texas	Regulations	Yes	No
U.S. Virgin Islands (uses Federal Regulations)		Administered by EPA Region 2
Utah	Regulations	Yes	No
Vermont	Regulations: Section 7-203(y)(pdf) (330.5 KB)	Yes	Yes
Virginia	Regulations	Yes	Yes
Washington	Regulations: 173-303-071	Yes	No
West Virginia	Regulations	Yes	No
Wisconsin	Regulations (pdf) (6.5 MB)	Yes	No
Wyoming	Regulations: Sections 260 and 261	Yes	Yes

Notes About Table:

• The above links may not be the most current.
• You may need to search within the state website.
• Links to all state programs can be found on the State Regulatory Programs page.

• If you would like to suggest updates to the page, please send your comments to Kaitlin Franssen at franssen.kaitlin@epa.gov.