40 CFR § 262.253 - Testing and maintenance of equipment.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s262.253"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 262.253 - Testing and maintenance of equipment."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "262.253"
section_name: "Testing and maintenance of equipment."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "SOLID WASTES"
part_number: "262"
part_name: "STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO GENERATORS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 6906, 6912, 6922-6925, 6937, 6938 and 6939g."
regulatory_source: "45 FR 33142, May 19, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "262"
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# 262.253 Testing and maintenance of equipment.

All communications or alarm systems, fire protection equipment, spill control equipment, and decontamination equipment, where required, must be tested and maintained as necessary to assure its proper operation in time of emergency.