[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 24]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR264.17]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 264_STANDARDS FOR OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE TREATMENT, 
STORAGE, AND DISPOSAL FACILITIES--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart B_General Facility Standards
 
Sec. 264.17  General requirements for ignitable, reactive, or incompatible 
wastes.

    (a) The owner or operator must take precautions to prevent 
accidental ignition or reaction of ignitable or reactive waste. This 
waste must be separated and protected from sources of ignition or 
reaction including but not limited to: open flames, smoking, cutting and 
welding, hot surfaces, frictional heat, sparks (static, electrical, or 
mechanical), spontaneous ignition (e.g., from heat-producing chemical 
reactions), and radiant heat. While ignitable or reactive waste is being 
handled, the owner or operator must confine smoking and open flame to 
specially designated locations. ``No Smoking'' signs must be 
conspicuously placed wherever there is a hazard from ignitable or 
reactive waste.
    (b) Where specifically required by other sections of this part, the 
owner or operator of a facility that treats, stores or disposes 
ignitable or reactive waste, or mixes incompatible waste or incompatible 
wastes and other materials, must take precautions to prevent reactons 
which:
    (1) Generate extreme heat or pressure, fire or explosions, or 
violent reactions;
    (2) Produce uncontrolled toxic mists, fumes, dusts, or gases in 
sufficient quantities to threaten human health or the environment;
    (3) Produce uncontrolled flammable fumes or gases in sufficient 
quantities to pose a risk of fire or explosions;
    (4) Damage the structural integrity of the device or facility;
    (5) Through other like means threaten human health or the 
environment.
    (c) When required to comply with paragraph (a) or (b) of this 
section, the owner or operator must document that compliance. This 
documentation may be based on references to published scientific or 
engineering literature, data from trial tests (e.g., bench scale or 
pilot scale tests), waste analyses (as specified in Sec. 264.13), or 
the results of the treatment of similar wastes by similar treatment 
processes and under similar operating conditions.

[46 FR 2848, Jan. 12, 1981, as amended at 50 FR 4514, Jan. 31, 1985]

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