40 CFR § 267.34 - When must personnel have access to communication equipment or an alarm system?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s267.34"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 267.34 - When must personnel have access to communication equipment or an alarm system?"
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "267.34"
section_name: "When must personnel have access to communication equipment or an alarm system?"
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "SOLID WASTES"
part_number: "267"
part_name: "STANDARDS FOR OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE FACILITIES OPERATING UNDER A STANDARDIZED PERMIT"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 6902, 6912(a), 6924-6926, and 6930."
regulatory_source: "70 FR 53453, Sept. 8, 2005, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "267"
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# 267.34 When must personnel have access to communication equipment or an alarm system?
(a) Whenever hazardous waste is being poured, mixed, spread, or otherwise handled, all personnel involved in the operation must have immediate access to an internal alarm or emergency communication device, either directly or through visual or voice contact with another employee, unless the device is not required under § 267.32.
(b) If just one employee is on the premises while the facility is operating, that person must have immediate access to a device, such as a telephone (immediately available at the scene of operation) or a hand-held two-way radio, capable of summoning external emergency assistance, unless not required under § 267.32.