40 CFR § 264.281 - Special requirements for ignitable or reactive waste.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s264.281"
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title: "40 CFR § 264.281 - Special requirements for ignitable or reactive waste."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "264.281"
section_name: "Special requirements for ignitable or reactive waste."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "SOLID WASTES"
part_number: "264"
part_name: "STANDARDS FOR OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE TREATMENT, STORAGE, AND DISPOSAL FACILITIES"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 6905, 6912(a), 6924, 6925, and 6939g."
regulatory_source: "45 FR 33221, May 19, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "264"
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# 264.281 Special requirements for ignitable or reactive waste.

The owner or operator must not apply ignitable or reactive waste to the treatment zone unless the waste and the treatment zone meet all applicable requirements of 40 CFR part 268, and:

(a) The waste is immediately incorporated into the soil so that:

(1) The resulting waste, mixture, or dissolution of material no longer meets the definition of ignitable or reactive waste under § 261.21 or § 261.23 of this chapter; and

(2) Section 264.17(b) is complied with; or

(b) The waste is managed in such a way that it is protected from any material or conditions which may cause it to ignite or react.

[47 FR 32361, July 26, 1982, as amended at 55 FR 22685, June 1, 1990]