[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: 40CFR264.316]

[Page 349-350]
 
                   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 N_Landfills
 
Sec. 264.316  Disposal of small containers of hazardous waste in 
overpacked drums (lab packs).

    Small containers of hazardous waste in overpacked drums (lab packs) 
may be placed in a landfill if the following requirements are met:
    (a) Hazardous waste must be packaged in non-leaking inside 
containers. The inside containers must be of a design and constructed of 
a material that will not react dangerously with, be decomposed by, or be 
ignited by the contained waste. Inside containers must be tightly and 
securely sealed. The inside containers must be of the size and type 
specified in the Department of Transportation (DOT) hazardous materials 
regulations (49 CFR parts 173, 178, and 179), if those regulations 
specify a particular inside container for the waste.
    (b) The inside containers must be overpacked in an open head DOT-
specification metal shipping container (49 CFR parts 178 and 179) of no 
more than 416-liter (110 gallon) capacity and surrounded by, at a 
minimum, a sufficient

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quantity of sorbent material, determined to be nonbiodegradable in 
accordance with Sec. 264.314(e), to completely sorb all of the liquid 
contents of the inside containers. The metal outer container must be 
full after it has been packed with inside containers and sorbent 
material.
    (c) The sorbent material used must not be capable of reacting 
dangerously with, being decomposed by, or being ignited by the contents 
of the inside containers, in accordance with Sec. 264.17(b).
    (d) Incompatible wastes, as defined in Sec. 260.10 of this chapter, 
must not be placed in the same outside container.
    (e) Reactive wastes, other than cyanide- or sulfide-bearing waste as 
defined in Sec. 261.23(a)(5) of this chapter, must be treated or 
rendered non-reactive prior to packaging in accordance with paragraphs 
(a) through (d) of this section. Cyanide- and sulfide-bearing reactive 
waste may be packed in accordance with paragraphs (a) through (d) of 
this section without first being treated or rendered non-reactive.
    (f) Such disposal is in compliance with the requirements of part 
268. Persons who incinerate lab packs according to the requirements in 
40 CFR 268.42(c)(1) may use fiber drums in place of metal outer 
containers. Such fiber drums must meet the DOT specifications in 49 CFR 
173.12 and be overpacked according to the requirements in paragraph (b) 
of this section.

[47 FR 32365, July 26, 1982, as amended at 55 FR 22685, June 1, 1990; 57 
FR 54460, Nov. 18, 1992]