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CFR /  Title 40  /  Part 148  /  Sec. 148.10 Waste specific prohibitions--solvent wastes.

(a) Effective August 8, 1988, the spent solvent wastes specified in Sec. 261.31 as EPA Hazardous Waste Nos. F001, F002, F003, F004, and F005 are prohibited from underground injection unless the solvent waste is a solvent-water mixture or solvent-containing sludge containing less than 1 percent total F001-F005 solvent constituents listed in Table A of this section.

(b) Effective August 8, 1990, all spent F001-F005 solvent wastes containing less than 1 percent total F001-F005 solvent constituents listed in Table A of this section are prohibited from injection.

(c) Effective August 8, 1990, all spent F002 and F005 wastes containing solvent constituents listed in Table B of this section are prohibited from underground injection at off-site injection facilities.

(d) Effective November 8, 1990, the wastes specified in paragraph (c) of this section are prohibited from underground injection at on-site injection facilities.

(e) The requirements of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section do not apply:

(1) If the wastes meet or are treated to meet the applicable standards specified in subpart D of part 268; or

(2) If an exemption from a prohibition has been granted in response to a petition under subpart C of this part; or

(3) During the period of extension of the applicable effective date, if an extension has been granted under Sec. 148.4 of this part.

Table A Acetonen-Butyl alcoholCarbon disulfideCarbon tetrachlorideChlorobenzeneCresols and cresylic acidCyclohexanone1,2-dichlorobenzeneEthyl acetateEthyl benzeneEthyl etherIsobutanolMethanolMethylene chlorideMethylene chloride (from the pharmaceutical industry)Methyl ethyl ketoneMethyl isobutyl ketoneNitrobenzenePyridineTetrachloroethyleneToulene1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,2,2-Trichloro-1,2,2-trifluoroethaneTrichloroethyleneTrichlorofluoromethaneXylene

Table B Benzene2-Ethoxyethanol2-Nitropropane1,1,2-Trichloroethane [53 FR 28154, July 26, 1988, as amended at 54 FR 25422, June 14, 1989; 56 FR 3876, Jan. 31, 1991; 57 FR 8088, Mar. 6, 1992]