41 CFR § 102-40.55 - Abandonment or destruction.

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title: "41 CFR § 102-40.55 - Abandonment or destruction."
title_number: 41
title_name: "Public Contracts and Property Management"
section_number: "102-40.55"
section_name: "Abandonment or destruction."
chapter_number: 102
chapter_name: "FEDERAL MANAGEMENT REGULATION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "PERSONAL PROPERTY"
part_number: "102-40"
part_name: "40—UTILIZATION AND DISPOSITION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY WITH SPECIAL HANDLING REQUIREMENTS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "40 U.S.C. 121(c)."
regulatory_source: "90 FR 58457, Dec. 16, 2025, unless otherwise noted."
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# 102-40.55 Abandonment or destruction.

You may dispose of personal property requiring special handling by abandonment or destruction if you satisfy applicable Federal, State, and local waste disposal and air and water pollution control standards, laws, and regulations. You must ensure that such property, including empty hazardous material containers, is not abandoned until made safe, demilitarized, reduced to scrap, or otherwise made innocuous.