[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 25]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR262.51]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 262_STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO GENERATORS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE--Table 
of Contents
 
                  Subpart E_Exports of Hazardous Waste
 
Sec. 262.51  Definitions.

    In addition to the definitions set forth at 40 CFR 260.10, the 
following definitions apply to this subpart:
    Consignee means the ultimate treatment, storage or disposal facility 
in a receiving country to which the hazardous waste will be sent.
    EPA Acknowledgement of Consent means the cable sent to EPA from the 
U.S. Embassy in a receiving country that acknowledges the written 
consent of the receiving country to accept the hazardous waste and 
describes the terms and conditions of the receiving country's consent to 
the shipment.
    Primary Exporter means any person who is required to originate the 
manifest for a shipment of hazardous waste in accordance with 40 CFR 
part 262, subpart B, or equivalent State provision, which specifies a 
treatment, storage, or disposal facility in a receiving country as the 
facility to which the hazardous waste will be sent and any intermediary 
arranging for the export.
    Receiving country means a foreign country to which a hazardous waste 
is sent for the purpose of treatment, storage or disposal (except short-
term storage incidental to transportation).
    Transit country means any foreign country, other than a receiving 
country, through which a hazardous waste is transported.

[53 FR 27164, July 19, 1988]