40 CFR § 261.194 - General operating requirements.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s261.194"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 261.194 - General operating requirements."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "261.194"
section_name: "General operating requirements."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "SOLID WASTES"
part_number: "261"
part_name: "IDENTIFICATION AND LISTING OF HAZARDOUS WASTE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
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."
cfr_part: "261"
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# 261.194 General operating requirements.

(a) Hazardous secondary materials or treatment reagents must not be placed in a tank system if they could cause the tank, its ancillary equipment, or the containment system to rupture, leak, corrode, or otherwise fail.

(b) The remanufacturer or other person that stores or treats the hazardous secondary material must use appropriate controls and practices to prevent spills and overflows from tank or containment systems. These include at a minimum:

(1) Spill prevention controls (*e.g.,* check valves, dry disconnect couplings);

(2) Overfill prevention controls (*e.g.,* level sensing devices, high level alarms, automatic feed cutoff, or bypass to a standby tank); and

(3) Maintenance of sufficient freeboard in uncovered tanks to prevent overtopping by wave or wind action or by precipitation.

(c) The remanufacturer or other person that stores or treats the hazardous secondary material must comply with the requirements of § 261.196 of this subpart if a leak or spill occurs in the tank system.