[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 24]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR261.30]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 261_IDENTIFICATION AND LISTING OF HAZARDOUS WASTE--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart D_Lists of Hazardous Wastes
 
Sec. 261.30  General.


    (a) A solid waste is a hazardous waste if it is listed in this 
subpart, unless it has been excluded from this list under Sec. Sec. 
260.20 and 260.22.
    (b) The Administrator will indicate his basis for listing the 
classes or types of wastes listed in this subpart by employing one or 
more of the following Hazard Codes:

Ignitable Waste...............................  (I)
Corrosive Waste...............................  (C)
Reactive Waste................................  (R)
Toxicity Characteristic Waste.................  (E)
Acute Hazardous Waste.........................  (H)
Toxic Waste...................................  (T)



Appendix VII identifies the constituent which caused the Administrator 
to list the waste as a Toxicity Characteristic Waste (E) or Toxic Waste 
(T) in Sec. Sec. 261.31 and 261.32.
    (c) Each hazardous waste listed in this subpart is assigned an EPA 
Hazardous Waste Number which precedes the name of the waste. This number 
must be used in complying with the notification requirements of Section 
3010 of the Act and certain recordkeeping and reporting requirements 
under parts 262 through 265, 268, and part 270 of this chapter.
    (d) The following hazardous wastes listed in Sec. 261.31 or Sec. 
261.32 are subject to the exclusion limits for acutely hazardous wastes 
established in Sec. 261.5: EPA Hazardous Wastes Nos. FO20, FO21, FO22, 
FO23, FO26, and FO27.

[45 FR 33119, May 19, 1980, as amended at 48 FR 14294, Apr. 1, 1983; 50 
FR 2000, Jan. 14, 1985; 51 FR 40636, Nov. 7, 1986; 55 FR 11863, Mar. 29, 
1990]