[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 40, Volume 26]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 40CFR268.20]



[Page 187]

 

                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 268_LAND DISPOSAL RESTRICTIONS--Table of Contents

 

                 Subpart C_Prohibitions on Land Disposal

 

Sec.  268.20  Waste specific prohibitions--Dyes and/or pigments 

production wastes.





    (a) Effective August 23, 2005, the waste specified in 40 CFR part 

261 as EPA Hazardous Waste Number K181, and soil and debris contaminated 

with this waste, radioactive wastes mixed with this waste, and soil and 

debris contaminated with radioactive wastes mixed with this waste are 

prohibited from land disposal.

    (b) The requirements of paragraph (a) of this section do not apply 

if:

    (1) The wastes meet the applicable treatment standards specified in 

subpart D of this Part;

    (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;

    (3) The wastes meet the applicable treatment standards established 

pursuant to a petition granted under Sec.  268.44;

    (4) Hazardous debris has met the treatment standards in Sec.  268.40 

or the alternative treatment standards in Sec.  268.45; or

    (5) Persons have been granted an extension to the effective date of 

a prohibition pursuant to Sec.  268.5, with respect to these wastes 

covered by the extension.

    (c) To determine whether a hazardous waste identified in this 

section exceeds the applicable treatment standards specified in Sec.  

268.40, the initial generator must test a sample of the waste extract or 

the entire waste, depending on whether the treatment standards are 

expressed as concentrations in the waste extract of the waste, or the 

generator may use knowledge of the waste. If the waste contains 

regulated constituents in excess of the applicable subpart D levels, the 

waste is prohibited from land disposal, and all requirements of part 268 

are applicable, except as otherwise specified.



[70 FR 9177, Feb. 24, 2005]