[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 23]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR260.1]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 260--HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: GENERAL--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec. 260.1  Purpose, scope, and applicability.


    (a) This part provides definitions of terms, general standards, and 
overview information applicable to parts 260 through 265 and 268 of this 
chapter.
    (b) In this part: (1) Section 260.2 sets forth the rules that EPA 
will use in making information it receives available to the public and 
sets forth the requirements that generators, transporters, or owners or 
operators of treatment, storage, or disposal facilities must follow to 
assert claims of business confidentiality with respect to information 
that is submitted to EPA under parts 260 through 265 and 268 of this 
chapter.
    (2) Section 260.3 establishes rules of grammatical construction for 
parts 260 through 265 and 268 of this chapter.
    (3) Section 260.10 defines terms which are used in parts 260 through 
265 and 268 of this chapter.
    (4) Section 260.20 establishes procedures for petitioning EPA to 
amend, modify, or revoke any provision of parts 260 through 265 and 268 
of this chapter and establishes procedures governing EPA's action on 
such petitions.
    (5) Section 260.21 establishes procedures for petitioning EPA to 
approve testing methods as equivalent to those prescribed in parts 261, 
264, or 265 of this chapter.
    (6) Section 260.22 establishes procedures for petitioning EPA to 
amend subpart D of part 261 to exclude a waste from a particular 
facility.

[45 FR 33073, May 19, 1980, as amended at 51 FR 40636, Nov. 7, 1986]