[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: 40CFR268.31]



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                   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.  268.31  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:

    (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]