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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 9. Environment
Agency 20. Virginia Waste Management Board
Chapter 60. Virginia Hazardous Waste Management Regulations
11/21/2024

9VAC20-60-262. Adoption of 40 CFR Part 262 by reference.

A. Except as otherwise provided, the regulations of the United States Environmental Protection Agency set forth in 40 CFR Part 262 are hereby incorporated as part of the Virginia Hazardous Waste Management Regulations. Except as otherwise provided, all material definitions, reference materials, and other ancillaries that are parts of 40 CFR Part 262 are also hereby incorporated as parts of the Virginia Hazardous Waste Management Regulations.

B. In all locations in these regulations where 40 CFR Part 262 is incorporated by reference, the following additions, modifications, and exceptions shall amend the incorporated text for the purpose of its incorporation into these regulations:

1. In 40 CFR 262.42(a)(2), the words "for the Region in which the generator is located" is deleted from the incorporated text and is not a part of these regulations.

2. In 40 CFR 262.18 and 40 CFR 262 Subpart H, the term "Administrator" shall mean the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency or his designee.

3. In 40 CFR 262.18 and 40 CFR 262 Subpart H, the term "Regional Administrator" shall mean the Regional Administrator of Region III of the United States Environmental Protection Agency or his designee.

4. For accumulation areas established after March 1, 1988, a large quantity generator shall notify the department and document in the operating record that he intends to accumulate hazardous waste in accordance with 40 CFR 262.17 prior to or immediately upon the establishment of each 90-day accumulation area. In the case of a new large quantity generator who creates such accumulation areas after March 1, 1988, he shall notify the department at the time the generator files the Notification of Hazardous Waste Activity EPA Form 8700‑12 that he intends to accumulate hazardous waste in accordance with 40 CFR 262.18. This notification shall specify the exact location of the 90-day accumulation area at the site.

5. In addition to the requirements in 40 CFR Part 262, management of hazardous wastes is required to comply with the Regulations Governing the Transportation of Hazardous Materials (9VAC20-110), including packaging and labeling for transport.

6. A generator shall not offer his hazardous waste to a transporter that has not received an EPA identification number or to a facility that has not received a permit and an EPA identification number.

7. In 40 CFR 262.24, 40 CFR 262.25, and 40 CFR Part 262, Subpart H, the terms "EPA" and "Environmental Protection Agency" shall mean the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

8. In addition to the requirements of this section, large quantity generators are required to pay an annual fee. The fee schedule and fee regulations are contained in Part XII (9VAC20-60-1260 through 9VAC20-60-1286) of this chapter.

9. Within 40 CFR 262.24, the reference to "system" means the United States Environmental Protection Agency's national electronic manifest system.

10. Regardless of the provisions of 9VAC20-60-18, the requirements of 40 CFR 262.24(g) are not incorporated into this chapter.

11. In 40 CFR 262.11(c) and 40 CFR 262.11(d), the term "Administrator" shall mean the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

12. No hazardous waste from a very small quantity generator shall be managed as described in 40 CFR 262.14(a)(5)(iv) or 40 CFR 262.14(a)(5)(v) unless such waste management is in full compliance with all requirements of the Solid Waste Management Regulations (9VAC20-81).

13. In 40 CFR 262 Subpart H, the term "Administrator" shall mean the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

Statutory Authority

§§ 10.1-1402 and 10.1-1426 of the Code of Virginia; 42 USC § 6921 et seq.; 40 CFR Parts 260 through 272.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 15, Issue 9, eff. February 17, 1999; amended, Virginia Register Volume 18, Issue 11, eff. March 13, 2002; Volume 19, Issue 18, eff. July 1, 2003; Volume 20, Issue 23, eff. July 1, 2004; Volume 30, Issue 24, eff. August 27, 2014; Volume 31, Issue 14, eff. April 8, 2015; Volume 31, Issue 21, eff. July 30, 2015; Volume 34, Issue 14, eff. April 8, 2018.

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