[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: 40CFR268.30]



[Page 187-188]

 

                   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.  268.30  Waste specific prohibitions--wood preserving wastes.



    (a) Effective August 11, 1997, the following wastes are prohibited 

from land disposal: the wastes specified in 40 CFR part 261 as EPA 

Hazardous Waste numbers F032, F034, and F035.

    (b) Effective May 12, 1999, the following wastes are prohibited from 

land disposal: soil and debris contaminated with F032, F034, F035; and 

radioactive wastes mixed with EPA Hazardous waste numbers F032, F034, 

and F035.

    (c) Between May 12, 1997 and May 12, 1999, soil and debris 

contaminated with F032, F034, F035; and radioactive waste mixed with 

F032, F034, and F035 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) of this part.

    (d) The requirements of paragraphs (a) and (b) 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 alternate treatment standards 

established pursuant to a petition granted under Sec.  268.44; or

    (4) 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.

    (e) 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 or the waste, or the 

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

constituents in excess of the applicable Universal Treatment Standard 

levels of Sec.  268.48 of this part, the waste is prohibited from land 

disposal, and all requirements of



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part 268 are applicable, except as otherwise specified.



[62 FR 26022, May 12, 1997]