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Posted Date: January 2021

Crosswalk of Previous Regulations to Reorganized Regulations

Generator Improvements Rule: November 28, 2016

Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations

Table 1—Definitions and General Standards

Regulation

Previous Citation

New Citation

Comment

Definitions of Generator
Categories

§§260.10, 261.5 and
262.34

§ 260.10

Previous definition of SQG
in § 260.10 was outdated.
Generator categories were
based on §§ 261.5 and
262.34.

Hazardous Waste Limits for
VSQGs

§ 261.5(a) and (e)

§ 260.10

Included in the new
definition of VSQG

Purpose, Scope, and
Applicability

§ 262.10

§ 262.10

Not moved, but expanded
significantly

Hazardous Waste
Determination and
Recordkeeping

§§ 262.11 and
262.40(c)

§ 262.11

Content in § 262.11 is
expanded and § 262.40(c)
is incorporated

Generator Category
Determination

§ 261.5(c), (d), and

(h)-(j)

§ 262.13

New section thatexplains
how to count hazardous
waste to determine
generator category

EPA Identification Numbers

§ 262.12

§ 262.18

Re-notification
requirements are also in
this section

Landfill Ban for Liquids

§ 258.28

§ 262.35

For SQGs and LQGs

Table 2—Very Small Quantity Generator Regulations

Regulation

Previous Citation

New Citation

Comment

VSQG Definition

§ 261.5(a)

§ 260.10

Moved into new definition
of VSQG

VSQG Mixtures

§ 261.5(h)-(j)

§ 262.13(f)

Moved into Generator
category determination

Conditions for Exemption for a
Very Small Quantity Generator

§ 261.5(b), (f), and (g)

§ 262.14

Included in VSQG
conditions for exemption

VSQG Consolidation by LQGs
Within the Same Company

N/A

§ 262.14(a)(5)(viii)

New provision

Landfill Ban for Liquids

§ 258.28

§ 262.14(b)

Specific citation for VSQGs

Episodic Generation

N/A

Part 262 subpart L

New provision

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Table 3—Satellite Accumulation Area Regulations

Regulation

Previous Citation

New Citation

Comment

Satellite Accumulation Area
Provisions

§ 262.34(c)

§ 262.15

Moved from §
262.34

Selected Part 265 Subpart 1
Provisions

§ 265.171

§ 262.15(a)(1)

Duplicated from
part 265

Selected Part 265 Subpart 1
Provisions

§ 265.172

§ 262.15(a)(2)

Duplicated from
part 265

Selected Part 265 Subpart 1
Provisions

§ 265.173(a)

§ 262.15(a)(4)

Duplicated from
part 265

Table 4—Small Quantity Generator Regulations

Regulation

Previous Citation

New Citation

Comment

Definition of Small Quantity
Generator

§ 262.34(d)

§ 260.10

Moved into new
definition of SQG

Accumulation Time Limit

§ 262.34(d)

§ 262.16(b)

Moved

Accumulation Limit

§ 262.34(d)(1)

§ 262.16(b)(1)

Moved

Accumulation in Containers

§ 262.34(d)(2) (references
part 265 subpart 1)

§ 262.16(b)(2)

Duplicated from
part 265

Accumulation in Tanks

§ 262.34(d)(3) (references
part 265 subpart J)

§ 262.16(b)(3)

Duplicated from
part 265

Accumulation on Drip Pads

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§ 262.16(b)(4)
references part 265
subpart W

No previous
regulatory
reference for
SQGs using drip
pads

Accumulation in Containment
Buildings

--

§ 262.16(b)(5)
references part 265
subpart DD

No previous
regulatory
reference for
SQGs using
containment
buildings

Marking of Tanks and
Containers

§ 262.34(d)(4) (references §
262.34(a)(2) and (3))

§ 262.16(b)(6)

Copied from §
262.34 with some
changes

Preparedness and Prevention

§ 262.34(d)(4) (references
part 265 subpart C) and
§ 262.34(d)(5)

§ 262.16(b)(8) and (9)

Duplicated from

part 265 and
moved from §
262.34

Land Disposal Restrictions

§ 262.34(d)(4) (references
part 268)

§ 262.16(b)(7)

There is still a
cross reference
to part 268

Transporting Over 200 Miles

§ 262.34(e)

§ 262.16(c)

Moved from
§ 262.34

Accumulation Time Limit
Extension

§ 262.34(f)

§ 262.16(d)

Moved from
§ 262.34

Rejected Loads

§ 262.34(m)

§ 262.16(e)

Moved from
§ 262.34

Episodic Generation

N/A

Part 262 subpart L

New provision

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Table 5—Large Quantity Generator Regulations

Regulation

Previous Citation

New Citation

Comment

Definition of Large
Quantity Generator

N/A

§ 260.10

New definition

Accumulation Time Limit

§ 262.34(a)

§ 262.17(a)

Moved from § 262.34

Accumulation in
Containers

§ 262.34(a)(l)(i) references
part 265 subparts 1, AA, BB, and
CC

§ 262.17(a)(1)
(§ 262.17(a)(1) also
references part 265
subparts AA, BB, CC)

There is still a cross-
reference to part 265
subparts AA, BB, and CC
because of the length of
these regulations

Accumulation in Tanks

§ 262.34(a)(l)(ii) references
part 265 subparts J, AA, BB, and
CC

§ 262.17(a)(2) references
part 265 subparts J, AA,
BB, CC

There is still a cross-
reference to part 265
subparts J, AA, BB, CC
because of the length of
these regulations

Accumulation on Drip
Pads

§ 262.34(a)(l)(iii)
(§ 262.34(a)(l)(iii) also
references part 265 subpart W)

§ 262.17(a)(3)
(§ 262.17(a)(3) also
references part 265
subpart W)

Accumulation time limit
and recordkeeping
provisions move to §

262.17 and the
extensive technical
standards remain in part
265

Accumulation in
Containment Buildings

§ 262.34(a)(l)(iv)
(§ 262.34(a)(l)(iv) also
references part 265 subpart
DD)

§ 262.17(a)(4)
(§ 262.17(a)(4) also
references part 265
subpart DD)

Accumulation time limit,
labeling, and
recordkeeping
provisions move to §

262.17 and the
extensive technical
standards remain in part
265

Marking and Labeling

§ 262.34(a)(2) and (3)

§ 262.17(a)(5)

Moved from § 262.34

Preparedness, Prevention,
and Emergency
Procedures

§ 262.34(a)(4) references part
265 subparts C and D

§ 262.17(a)(6) references
part 262 subpart M

Cross-references remain
but to a new subpart of
the generator
regulations

Personnel Training

§ 262.34(a)(4)

§ 262.17(a)(7)

Moved from § 262.34

Closure

§ 262.34(a)(l)(iv)B) references
§§ 265.11 and 265.114. Section
265.111 references other
sections in part 265.

§ 262.17(a)(8)

Duplicated from §§
265.11 and 114 with
some revisions

Land Disposal Restrictions

§ 262.34(a)(4) references
applicable parts of part 268

§ 262.17(a)(9)

There is still a cross-
reference to part 268

Extension of Accumulation
Times

§ 262.34(b)

§ 262.17(b)

Moved from § 262.34

Accumulation of F006

§ 262.34(g) through (i)

§ 262.17(c) through (e)

Moved from § 262.34

Accepting waste from
VSQGs under the control
of the same person to
consolidate before
sending to TSDF

N/A

§ 262.17(f)

New provision

Rejected Loads

§ 262.34(m)

§ 262.17(g)

Moved from § 262.34

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