40 CFR § 263.12 - Transfer facility requirements.

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title: "40 CFR § 263.12 - Transfer facility requirements."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "263.12"
section_name: "Transfer facility requirements."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "SOLID WASTES"
part_number: "263"
part_name: "STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO TRANSPORTERS 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. 6906, 6912, 6922-6925, 6937, 6938, and 6939g."
regulatory_source: "45 FR 33151, May 19, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "263"
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# 263.12 Transfer facility requirements.

(a) A transporter who stores manifested shipments of hazardous waste in containers meeting the independent requirements of § 262.30 of this chapter at a transfer facility for a period of ten (10) days or less is not subject to regulation under parts 264, 265, 267, 268, and 270 of this chapter with respect to the storage of those wastes.

(b) When consolidating the contents of two or more containers with the same hazardous waste into a new container, or when combining and consolidating two different hazardous wastes that are compatible with each other, the transporter must mark its containers of 119 gallons or less with the following information:

(1) The words “Hazardous Waste” and

(2) The applicable EPA hazardous waste number(s) (EPA hazardous waste codes) in subparts C and D of part 261 of this chapter, or in compliance with § 262.32(c).

[81 FR 85825, Nov. 28, 2016]