40 CFR § 148.10 - Waste specific prohibitions—solvent wastes.

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title: "40 CFR § 148.10 - Waste specific prohibitions—solvent wastes."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "148.10"
section_name: "Waste specific prohibitions—solvent wastes."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "WATER PROGRAMS"
part_number: "148"
part_name: "HAZARDOUS WASTE INJECTION RESTRICTIONS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "Secs. 3004, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6901"
regulatory_source: "53 FR 28154, July 26, 1988, unless otherwise noted."
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# 148.10 Waste specific prohibitions—solvent wastes.

(a) Effective August 8, 1988, the spent solvent wastes specified in § 261.31 as EPA Hazardous Waste Nos. F001, F002, F003, F004, and F005 are prohibited from underground injection unless the solvent waste is a solvent-water mixture or solvent-containing sludge containing less than 1 percent total F001-F005 solvent constituents listed in Table A of this section.

(b) Effective August 8, 1990, all spent F001-F005 solvent wastes containing less than 1 percent total F001-F005 solvent constituents listed in Table A of this section are prohibited from injection.

(c) Effective August 8, 1990, all spent F002 and F005 wastes containing solvent constituents listed in Table B of this section are prohibited from underground injection at off-site injection facilities.

(d) Effective November 8, 1990, the wastes specified in paragraph (c) of this section are prohibited from underground injection at on-site injection facilities.

(e) The requirements of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section do not apply:

(1) If the wastes meet or are treated to meet the applicable standards specified in subpart D of part 268; or

(2) If an exemption from a prohibition has been granted in response to a petition under subpart C of this part; or

(3) During the period of extension of the applicable effective date, if an extension has been granted under § 148.4 of this part.

****Table A

Acetone

n-Butyl alcohol

Carbon disulfide

Carbon tetrachloride

Chlorobenzene

Cresols and cresylic acid

Cyclohexanone

1,2-dichlorobenzene

Ethyl acetate

Ethyl benzene

Ethyl ether

Isobutanol

Methanol

Methylene chloride

Methylene chloride (from the pharmaceutical industry)

Methyl ethyl ketone

Methyl isobutyl ketone

Nitrobenzene

Pyridine

Tetrachloroethylene

Toulene

1,1,1-Trichloroethane

1,2,2-Trichloro-1,2,2-trifluoroethane

Trichloroethylene

Trichlorofluoromethane

Xylene

****Table B

Benzene

2-Ethoxyethanol

2-Nitropropane

1,1,2-Trichloroethane

[53 FR 28154, July 26, 1988, as amended at 54 FR 25422, June 14, 1989; 56 FR 3876, Jan. 31, 1991; 57 FR 8088, Mar. 6, 1992]