At closure, the owner or operator must remove all hazardous waste and hazardous waste residues (including, but not limited to, ash) from the thermal treatment process or equipment. [Comment: At closure, as throughout the operating period, unless the owner or operator can demonstrate, in accordance with Sec. 261.3 (c) or (d) of this chapter, that any solid waste removed from his thermal treatment process or equipment is not a hazardous waste, the owner or operator becomes a generator of hazardous waste and must man age it in ac cord ance with all ap pli ca ble requirements of parts 262, 263, and 265 of this chapter.]