40 CFR § 266.505 - Prohibition on sewering hazardous waste pharmaceuticals.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s266.505"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 266.505 - Prohibition on sewering hazardous waste pharmaceuticals."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "266.505"
section_name: "Prohibition on sewering hazardous waste pharmaceuticals."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "SOLID WASTES"
part_number: "266"
part_name: "STANDARDS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF SPECIFIC HAZARDOUS WASTES AND SPECIFIC TYPES OF HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 1006, 2002(a), 3001-3009, 3014, 3017, 6905, 6906, 6912, 6921, 6922, 6924-6927, 6934, and 6937."
regulatory_source: "50 FR 666, Jan. 4, 1985, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "266"
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# 266.505 Prohibition on sewering hazardous waste pharmaceuticals.

All healthcare facilities—including very small quantity generators operating under § 262.14 of this subchapter in lieu of this subpart—and reverse distributors are prohibited from discharging hazardous waste pharmaceuticals to a sewer system that passes through to a publicly-owned treatment works. Healthcare facilities and reverse distributors remain subject to the prohibitions in 40 CFR 403.5(b).

[88 FR 54113, Aug. 9, 2023]