40 CFR § 264.53 - Copies of contingency plan.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s264.53"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 264.53 - Copies of contingency plan."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "264.53"
section_name: "Copies of contingency plan."
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"
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. 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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# 264.53 Copies of contingency plan.
A copy of the contingency plan and all revisions to the plan must be:
(a) Maintained at the facility; and
(b) Submitted to all local police departments, fire departments, hospitals, and State and local emergency response teams that may be called upon to provide emergency services.
[*Comment:* The contingency plan must be submitted to the Regional Administrator with Part B of the permit application under part 270, of this chapter and, after modification or approval, will become a condition of any permit issued.]
[45 FR 33221, May 19, 1980, as amended at 48 FR 30115, June 30, 1983; 50 FR 4514, Jan. 31, 1985]