[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: 40CFR265.111]

[Page 473]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 265--INTERIM STATUS STANDARDS FOR OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF HAZARDOUS 
WASTE TREATMENT, STORAGE, AND DISPOSAL FACILITIES--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart G--Closure and Post-Closure
 
Sec. 265.111  Closure performance standard.

    The owner or operator must close the facility in a manner that:
    (a) Minimizes the need for further maintenance, and
    (b) Controls, minimizes or eliminates, to the extent necessary to 
protect human health and the environment, post-closure escape of 
hazardous waste, hazardous constituents, leachate, contaminated run-off, 
or hazardous waste decomposition products to the ground or surface 
waters or to the atmosphere, and
    (c) Complies with the closure requirements of this subpart, 
including, but not limited to, the requirements of Secs. 265.197, 
265.228, 265.258, 265.280, 265.310, 265.351, 265.381, 265.404, and 
264.1102.

[51 FR 16451, May 2, 1986, as amended at 57 FR 37267, Aug. 18, 1992]