[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 25]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR268.31]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
                           AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 268_LAND DISPOSAL RESTRICTIONS--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart C_Prohibitions on Land Disposal
 
Sec. 268.31  Waste specific prohibitions--Dioxin-containing wastes.

    (a) Effective November 8, 1988, the dioxin-containing wastes 
specified in 40 CFR 261.31 as EPA Hazardous Waste Nos. F020, F02l, F022, 
F023, F026, F027, and F028, are prohibited from land disposal unless the 
following condition applies:

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    (1) The F020-F023 and F026-F028 dioxin-containing waste is 
contaminated soil and debris resulting from a response action taken 
under section 104 or 106 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) or a corrective action 
taken under subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 
(RCRA).
    (b) Effective November 8, 1990, the F020-F023 and F026-F028 dioxin-
containing wastes listed in paragraph (a)(1) of this section are 
prohibited from land disposal.
    (c) Between November 8, 1988, and November 8, 1990, wastes included 
in paragraph (a)(1) of this section may be disposed in a landfill or 
surface impoundment only if such unit is in compliance with the 
requirements specified in Sec. 268.5(h)(2) and all other applicable 
requirements of parts 264 and 265 of this chapter.
    (d) The requirements of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section do 
not apply if:
    (1) The wastes meet the standards of subpart D of this part; or
    (2) Persons have been granted an exemption from a prohibition 
pursuant to a petition under Sec. 268.6, with respect to those wastes 
and units covered by the petition; or
    (3) Persons have been granted an extension to the effective date of 
a prohibition pursuant to Sec. 268.5, with respect to those wastes 
covered by the extension.

[53 FR 31216, Aug. 17, 1988]