[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 25]
[Revised as of July 1, 2006]
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

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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]