[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: 40CFR261.24]

[Page 59-60]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 261--IDENTIFICATION AND LISTING OF HAZARDOUS WASTE--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart C--Characteristics of Hazardous Waste
 
Sec. 261.24  Toxicity characteristic.

    (a) A solid waste (except manufactured gas plant waste) exhibits the 
characteristic of toxicity if, using the Toxicity Characteristic 
Leaching Procedure, test Method 1311 in ``Test Methods for Evaluating 
Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods,'' EPA Publication SW-846, as 
incorporated by reference in Sec. 260.11 of this chapter, the extract from 
a representative sample of the waste contains any of the contaminants 
listed in table 1 at the concentration equal to or greater than the 
respective value given in that table. Where the waste contains less than 
0.5 percent filterable solids, the waste

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itself, after filtering using the methodology outlined in Method 1311, 
is considered to be the extract for the purpose of this section.
    (b) A solid waste that exhibits the characteristic of toxicity has 
the EPA Hazardous Waste Number specified in Table I which corresponds to 
the toxic contaminant causing it to be hazardous.

     Table 1--Maximum Concentration of Contaminants for the Toxicity
                             Characteristic
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              Regulatory
   EPA HW No. \1\            Contaminant         CAS No. \2\  Level (mg/
                                                                  L)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
D004                 Arsenic...................    7440-38-2        5.0
D005                 Barium....................    7440-39-3      100.0
D018                 Benzene...................      71-43-2        0.5
D006                 Cadmium...................    7440-43-9        1.0
D019                 Carbon tetrachloride......      56-23-5        0.5
D020                 Chlordane.................      57-74-9       0.03
D021                 Chlorobenzene.............     108-90-7      100.0
D022                 Chloroform................      67-66-3        6.0
D007                 Chromium..................    7440-47-3        5.0
D023                 o-Cresol..................      95-48-7  \4\ 200.0
D024                 m-Cresol..................     108-39-4  \4\ 200.0
D025                 p-Cresol..................     106-44-5  \4\ 200.0
D026                 Cresol....................  ...........  \4\ 200.0
D016                 2,4-D.....................      94-75-7       10.0
D027                 1,4-Dichlorobenzene.......     106-46-7        7.5
D028                 1,2-Dichloroethane........     107-06-2        0.5
D029                 1,1-Dichloroethylene......      75-35-4        0.7
D030                 2,4-Dinitrotoluene........     121-14-2   \3\ 0.13
D012                 Endrin....................      72-20-8       0.02
D031                 Heptachlor (and its             76-44-8      0.008
                      epoxide).
D032                 Hexachlorobenzene.........     118-74-1   \3\ 0.13
D033                 Hexachlorobutadiene.......      87-68-3        0.5
D034                 Hexachloroethane..........      67-72-1        3.0
D008                 Lead......................    7439-92-1        5.0
D013                 Lindane...................      58-89-9        0.4
D009                 Mercury...................    7439-97-6        0.2
D014                 Methoxychlor..............      72-43-5       10.0
D035                  Methyl ethyl ketone......      78-93-3      200.0
D036                 Nitrobenzene..............      98-95-3        2.0
D037                 Pentrachlorophenol........      87-86-5      100.0
D038                 Pyridine..................     110-86-1    \3\ 5.0
D010                 Selenium..................    7782-49-2        1.0
D011                 Silver....................    7440-22-4        5.0
D039                 Tetrachloroethylene.......     127-18-4        0.7
D015                 Toxaphene.................    8001-35-2        0.5
D040                 Trichloroethylene.........      79-01-6        0.5
D041                 2,4,5-Trichlorophenol.....      95-95-4      400.0
D042                 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol.....      88-06-2        2.0
D017                 2,4,5-TP (Silvex).........      93-72-1        1.0
D043                 Vinyl chloride............      75-01-4        0.2
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Hazardous waste number.
\2\ Chemical abstracts service number.
\3\ Quantitation limit is greater than the calculated regulatory level.
  The quantitation limit therefore becomes the regulatory level.
\4\ If o-, m-, and p-Cresol concentrations cannot be differentiated, the
  total cresol (D026) concentration is used. The regulatory level of
  total cresol is 200 mg/l.


[55 FR 11862, Mar. 29, 1990, as amended at 55 FR 22684, June 1, 1990; 55 
FR 26987, June 29, 1990; 58 FR 46049, Aug. 31, 1993; 67 FR 11254, Mar. 
13, 2002]