40 CFR § 262.201 - Applicability of this subpart.

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title: "40 CFR § 262.201 - Applicability of this subpart."
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title_name: "Protection of Environment"
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section_name: "Applicability of this subpart."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
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subchapter_name: "SOLID WASTES"
part_number: "262"
part_name: "STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO GENERATORS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 6906, 6912, 6922-6925, 6937, 6938 and 6939g."
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# 262.201 Applicability of this subpart.

(a) *Large quantity generators and small quantity generators.* This subpart provides alternative requirements to the requirements in §§ 262.11 and 262.15 for the hazardous waste determination and accumulation of hazardous waste in laboratories owned by eligible academic entities that choose to be subject to this subpart, provided that they complete the notification requirements of § 262.203.

(b) *Very small quantity generators.* This subpart provides alternative requirements to the conditional exemption in § 262.14 for the accumulation of hazardous waste in laboratories owned by eligible academic entities that choose to be subject to this subpart, provided that they complete the notification requirements of § 262.203.

[81 FR 85819, Nov. 28, 2016]