40 CFR § 261.190 - Applicability.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s261.190"
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title: "40 CFR § 261.190 - Applicability."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "261.190"
section_name: "Applicability."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "SOLID WASTES"
part_number: "261"
part_name: "IDENTIFICATION AND LISTING OF HAZARDOUS WASTE"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 6905, 6912(a), 6921, 6922, 6924(y) and 6938."
regulatory_source: "45 FR 33119, May 19, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
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# 261.190 Applicability.

(a) The requirements of this subpart apply to tank systems for storing or treating hazardous secondary material excluded under the remanufacturing exclusion at § 261.4(a)(27).

(b) Tank systems, including sumps, as defined in § 260.10, that serve as part of a secondary containment system to collect or contain releases of hazardous secondary materials are exempted from the requirements in § 261.193(a).